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Definition of Placer
1. Noun. An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral.
Definition of Placer
1. n. One who places or sets.
2. n. A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent.
Definition of Placer
1. Noun. One who places or arranges something. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.'''2011''', Jonathon Green, ''Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime'', [ page 104]— The 20th-century '''''buyer''''' is self-explanatory, while the '''''placer''''' is a middle-man who places stolen goods with a purchaser. ¹
3. Noun. (context: ethology sheep Australia New Zealand) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality. ¹
4. Noun. (context: mining) A deposit of sand or earth in a river-bed etc. which contains particles of gold or other precious minerals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Placer
1. one that places [n -S] - See also: places
Lexicographical Neighbors of Placer
Literary usage of Placer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"Where the same person, association, or corporation is in possession of a placer
claim, and also a vein or lode included within the boundaries thereof, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"But in the case of a placer mine whose deposits were superficial, there might be
under it a vein of far more value than the twenty acres of surface mineral. ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"Both claims embraced other lands, the tract In question being all that was common
to both. It was subject to disposal under the placer mining law If ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"placer deposits originate from the weathering of rocks in which these minerals
occur. ... placer ores, being heavy, when freed by the decomposition of the ..."
5. Bulletin (1913)
"Conformity of placer Claims to Surveys. Claims usually called "placers," including
all forms of deposit, excepting veins of quartz, or other rock in place, ..."
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