Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

SPANISH MINING TERMS Hua
operations, etc., see apagar, bigote (2) and (3), calentadura (1) and
(2) cola (9), descarga (4), dragonera, embanques, entromparse, espodio,
fuslor, lampazo, lecho (3) and (4), morro (3), picador (2), picar (2).
HORQUETA, HORQUILLA (dim. of horca), (1) mech. fork ;
h. de cabeza,
st. eng. fork-head ; see u. trepano ; fork of a horse -whim [malacate (1)]
to which the horses are attached, comp. bolea ; u. haul, fork attached
to wagon, and used in endless-chain system it is sometimes like a rowlock
(postiza), see Fig. 46, after Molina, comp. tenaza (2) ; pump, forked
end of a spear or main-rod, syn. bastidor (4) ; (2) Mex. coke-fork (Dwight),
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FIG. 46.
Horqueta (after Molina).
FIG. 47.
Horquilla (3) (after Luis Carrion).
vertical and
see trincha (3) ; (3) Zac. Mex. timb. a method of joining
horizontal props, see Fig. 47 ; horquillado conjunction of several of
these, see ajuste (3) ; (4) Ant. Col. sawn timber united at an angle.
HORQUILLADO, see u. horquilla (3).
HORRURA, scoria, dross, see escoria (2).
HOYA, (1) hollow or excavation, more or less deep, made in the earth,
comp. hoyo (1), socabon (4) ; (2) geol. basin, e.g., h. de carbon, coal-
basin, ee cuenca (3) ; (3) Peru, bed of a river, see alveo (1) ; (4) de-
pression in the centre of a whirlpool [remolino (1)] or eddy;
(5) top. extensive plain (llano) surrounded by mountains (Acad.).
HOYADA, (1) depression, basin, see cuenca (3) ; (2) veta de h., see u.
trabajo (2).
HOYO, (1) cave or hollow in the earth, either natural or artificial ; pit,
syn. prov. chorea, foso, see guaico, zanja (2), comp. cueva (2), hoya (1) ;
(2) Ant. Col. deposit exploited with a few peons in aventaderos (1) and
minas de tonga (Uribe) ; (3) Ant. Col. alluv. m. excavation made with
many peons at once in minas de saca (5) (Uribe), see abrevadero,
asentar (2), jamuracion.
HOZ, narrowness (angostura) of a deep valley, or of a river running
between two mountains (Acad.), see hocino (2).
HUACA, Peru, burial-place, ruins, etc., of the ancient Indians, see guaca.
HUACAL, Mex. bowl ; drinking-dipper made of the gourd (Dwight), see
guaje.
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