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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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Car A DICTIONARY OF<br />

CARBONCILLO, (1) small coal, coal-dust, culm, dross, syn. cisco (2);<br />

(2) black crayon, see carbon (5).<br />

CARBONEAR, to make charcoal [carbon (1)].<br />

CARBONEO, making charcoal [carbon (1)].<br />

CARBONERA (Port, carvoaria), (1) pile <strong>of</strong> firewood covered with clay<br />

for making charcoal (Acad.) ; place where charcoal is made (Velazquez),<br />

comp. tizonera ; (2) coal-hole or coal-cellar ; (3) colliery or<br />

coal-mine, see hullera.<br />

CARBONERIA, (1) coal-yard ; (2) coal-shed ; (3) coal-mine, sec<br />

hullera.<br />

CARBONERO, (1) carrier, maker or seller <strong>of</strong> charcoal [carbon (1)] ;<br />

(2) collier or coal-miner, syn. hullero, see minero (2) ; (3) coalmerchant<br />

; (4) coal-ship or collier ; (5) Mex. coke- or coal-wheeler<br />

(Dwight) ; (6) colliery or coal-mine, see hullera (1).<br />

CARBONILLA, pressed coal-dust, a mixture <strong>of</strong> two parts <strong>of</strong> coal-dust<br />

and one <strong>of</strong> earth for making crucibles (Ponce de Leon), see crisol (1).<br />

CARBONIZAClON, carbonisation, charring, coking, see carboneo.<br />

CARBONIZAR, to char, to make coke.<br />

CARBUNCLO, CARBUNCULO, carbuncle, see u. piropo.<br />

CARCAMO, (1) drain or conduit which carries <strong>of</strong>f earthy matters from<br />

the tinas, when washing the amalgam ; it is frequently cleared out<br />

and washed for mercury (Lyon, 1826-28) ; it is arched over and the<br />

bottom has riffles [tendidos (5)] ; (2) drain in mines ; (3) wheel-pit,<br />

syn. carcavo, equiv. Port, inferno ; (4) flume, see caz ; (5) Fresnillo,<br />

Zac. Mex. slime-pit (Dr. Percy) ; (6) Mex. penstock <strong>of</strong> turbine<br />

(Dwight).<br />

CARCAO, Port, matrix <strong>of</strong> gold in gold mines (Elwes), see matriz.<br />

CARCAVA, gully made by torrents <strong>of</strong> water (Velazquez), comp.<br />

rambla (2).<br />

CARCAVO, see carcamo (3).<br />

CARCEL, (1) timb. frame <strong>of</strong> a shaft, see cuadro (1) ; (2) Zac. Mex.<br />

timb. stemple-notch, see huida ; (3) carceles, pump, guides <strong>of</strong> spear-<br />

rods, see u. guia (4) ; (4) mech. wooden clamp, holder or collar ;<br />

(5) unity <strong>of</strong> measure for sale <strong>of</strong> firewood in Segovia, Sp. = 100 cubic<br />

or channel<br />

feet, in Valsain = 160 (Acad.), see cuerda (5) ; (6) groove<br />

<strong>of</strong> a sluice-gate [compuerta (2)] (Acad.).<br />

CARCOMA, (1) wood-borer, the larva <strong>of</strong> various beetles which burrow<br />

in wood, see comejen (2), comp. comejen (1) ; (2) dust made by the<br />

wood-borer, comp. caries seca.<br />

CARCOMAR, to erode (<strong>of</strong> the banks <strong>of</strong> a river), see derrubiar, comp.<br />

gastar.<br />

CARDENILLA, Batopilas, Chih. Mex. proustite, syn. metal de cardenillo,<br />

see u. pinta (1), plata (2).<br />

CARDENILLO, (1) gold-mill, verdigris, see verdete ; (2)<br />

see cardenilla.<br />

CARENA, Mex. upright stanchion for supporting machinery, see montante<br />

(1).<br />

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