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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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SPANISH MINING TERMS Aim<br />

ALIMONADOS, sulphides and other salts <strong>of</strong> silver (Molina).<br />

ALINEACI6N, laying out a line, alignment ; surv. draft or measurement<br />

made between two stations.<br />

ALINEAR, to lay out by line, to line out, align.<br />

ALISADOR, bor. regulating tool, syn. calibrador, equiv. Fr. alesoir,<br />

Ger. Bohrlehre.<br />

ALISAR, to plane, see u. garlopa.<br />

ALISO, alder-tree a. ; bianco, common alder.<br />

ALJEZ, (ALGEZ, Acad.), gypsum in its crude state, syn. aljor, yeso (1).<br />

ALJEZAR, (ALGEZAR, Acad.), pit <strong>of</strong> gypsum, see yesar.<br />

ALJIBE, (1) cistern, see estanque (3) ; (2) Ant. Col. fountain, spring,<br />

drain (Uribe).<br />

ALJOR, see aljez.<br />

ALLANAR, to level a road, railroad, etc. see explanation.<br />

ALMA, (1) the core <strong>of</strong> a wire-rope, some- . .<br />

I/..,!, .. aia alma .ala<br />

times made ot pitched hemp, sometimes . . . . ' ^ j' . . . ,<br />

<strong>of</strong> wire (alambre), see u. maroma ; (2) cr*'*<br />

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body <strong>of</strong> a prop or other piece <strong>of</strong> timber ;<br />

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(3) mech. scaffolding pole, syn. a. de .~-a/a<br />

andamio ; (4) the centre portion<br />

<strong>of</strong> a<br />

bent bar or cramp-iron [gato (2)], see<br />

Fiu. . Aliua (4) de gato (2).<br />

Fig. 6 ; (5) central portion <strong>of</strong> a dam, etc. ; (6) core <strong>of</strong> a casting.<br />

ALMACEN, (1) storehouse or warehouse, see bodega (1), deposito (6),<br />

for mineral on or near<br />

despensa (1), comp. alpende ; (2) large deposit<br />

a wharf, syn. deposito (8) if covered with a ro<strong>of</strong> = acumulador ;<br />

(1)<br />

de mineral.<br />

ALMACENJE, warehouse rent, storage.<br />

ALMACENAR, to store ; to keep in bond ; almacenarse una bcmba,<br />

pump, to get choked (Ponce de Leon).<br />

ALMACENDADORA, capacidad a., storage capacity (<strong>of</strong> a reservoir, etc.).<br />

ALMACENISTA, store-keeper, comp. aperador (u. apero) the ; person<br />

who sells goods in a warehouse.<br />

ALMADANA, ALMADENA, ALMADINA, large heavy hammer <strong>of</strong> from<br />

12 to 20 Ib. in weight, see martillo.<br />

ALMADANETA, (1) stamp, consisting <strong>of</strong> head [calzadura (2)] and stem<br />

[mango (2)], see pilon (4) ; (2) die, see dado ; (3) small hammer for break-<br />

ing stones (Ponce de Leon), see martillo.<br />

ALMADEN (Arabic, almadin), obs. mine or mineral deposit, see mina (2).<br />

ALMADENA, ALMADINA,<br />

see almadana.<br />

ALMAGRA, see almagre.<br />

ALMAGRAL, place where almagre abounds.<br />

ALMAGRE, a mixture <strong>of</strong> alumina, etc., with oxides <strong>of</strong> iron, forming red<br />

ochre or red earth, ruddle or raddle, syn. almagra, almazarrcn, see<br />

ocre.<br />

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