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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tey-ling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪ lɪŋ |
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Définition of tailings
- As in gravel : noun pebbles
- As in espionage : noun spying
- In this case provision should be made for tailings, dams, or slime pits.
- Extract from : « Getting Gold » by J. C. F. Johnson
- For every reason, the tailings should be kept as low as possible.
- Extract from : « Farm Engines and How to Run Them » by James H. Stephenson
- Refuse material from quartz, hydraulic or other mines is known as tailings.
- Extract from : « The A B C of Mining » by Charles A. Bramble
- I don't want nothing to work up the tailings of my mine, me!
- Extract from : « The Quality of Mercy » by W. D. Howells
- The tailings of a purifier do not usually exceed 10 to 15% of the feed.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 » by Various
- It terminated at what was obviously a great mound of "tailings."
- Extract from : « The Triumph of John Kars » by Ridgwell Cullum
- So these tailings are what's left after the gold's washed out.
- Extract from : « Jimmy, Lucy, and All » by Sophie May
- After this there were plenty of free entertainments on the tailings.
- Extract from : « Jimmy, Lucy, and All » by Sophie May
- The tailings passing off, worthless, are conveyed to the dump.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement No. 819 » by Various
- The product which then commences to distill is known as tailings.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 » by Various
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