Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

Aqu
A DICTIONARY OF
AQUILATAR, (1) to alloy; (2) to assay precious metals, see quilatar ;
(2) to weigh precious stones (Ponce de Leon).
ARANA, see u. malacate (2).
ARANCEL, tariff ;
mining agent.
a. de aduanas, custom-house tariff ; Mex. fee-bill of
ARANDELA, mech. washer, see empaquetadura (2) ; rivet-plate, collar-
plate, see u. valvula.
ARBITRADOR, leg. arbitrator, syn. arbitro, tercero.
ARBITRAJE, ARBITRAMENTE, ARB ITRAM IEN TO, arbitration, the
award of an arbitrator.
ARBITRAR, to arbitrate, adjudge, award, syn. terciar.
ARBITRIO, (1) means, expedient ; propios y arbitrios, ways and means ;
(2) arbitration ; (3) a. de juez, discretionary power of a judge in cases
not clearly deoided by law (Velazquez) ; (4) arbitrios, duty or taxes
.imposed in provisions exposed for sale (Velazquez).
ARBITRO, arbitrator, see arbitrador.
ARBOL, (1) tree ; (2) the barrel of a windlass [torno (2)], etc., syn. cilindro
(2), huso, maza (4) ; (3) the vertical axle of a horse-whim ; the vertical
the axle of any wheel or series of wheels,
post or frame of a crane (grua) ;
see eje (2), guijo (2), pernete, principal (2) ; (4) en arbol, said of veins
which unite in depth like the branches from the trunk of a tree ;
(5) Linares, Sp. rich zone or column (Moncada), see clavo (2).
ARBOLILLO, side of a blast-furnace (Acad.), see cuba (4).
ARBOLL6N, (1) floodgate, see compuerta (2) ; (2) sluice, conduit, channel,
diteh, leat, see acequia.
ARCA, chest or box ; a. de agua, reservoir ; cistern, see estanque (3).
ARCADUZ, (1) tube or pipe for conveying water, see tubo (1) ; (2) kind
of aqueduct (acueducto) ; (3) each one of the earthern vessels, jars or
buckets of a noria (1), equiv. Port, alcatruz, see cangilon (2).
ARCE, maple- tree.
ARCILLA, clay, syn. barro (1), Ant. Col. urgue (1) ; arcilla may include
kaolin, lithomarge, and other clay-like minerals ; for varieties see
calocar, cantara, caolin, chile (1), greda (4), lama (3), moya, leche (2),
soleta, soquete (2), tapatinga, tasconia, terrosas, u. tierra, tofo, tosca (1)
and (4) ; for " country " altered to a clay, see formacion (3) ; a. apizar-
rada, slaty clay ; a. aluminosa, soap-earth (Ponce de Leon) ; a. aurifera,
gold-bearing clay ; a. endurecida, clay stone (syn. piedra arcillosa) ;
a. figulina, a. para alfareia, potter's clay (syn. barro de olleros) ;
a. inflamable, rock with a bituminous base of a brown colour, mixed with
ordinary clay (Guim) ; a. refractoria, fire clay ; a. violacea, lithomarge
(Ponce de Leon).
ARCILLOSO, SA, adj. argillaceous ; hierro arcilloso, clay ironstone, see
piedra del aguila (u. piedra) ; piedra arcillosa, clay stone, see u. arcilla.
ARCO, mas. arch, or extended arch or vault, see boveda ( 1 ) ; see arranque (2),
asentar (5),asiento (8),bajada (2), bolson (1) and(2), boquete (2), cabeceadero
(2), camon (1). cargar (3), cimbra (1), clave, ccdal (4), contracla\e,
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