- gozzan
- an old wig grown yellow with age and wearing. Corn.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England. Francis Grose. 1790.
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gozzan — variant of gossan * * * gozzan variant of gossan … Useful english dictionary
gossan — /gos euhn, goz /, n. a rust colored deposit of mineral matter at the outcrop of a vein or orebody containing iron bearing materials. Also called iron hat. [1770 80; orig. dial. (Cornwall) < Cornish, deriv. of gos blood; akin to Welsh gwaed] * * * … Universalium
gos|san — «GOS uhn, GOZ », noun. Mining. decomposed rock of a reddish or rusty color, due to oxidized iron pyrites, that often forms a large part of the outcrop of a metal bearing vein. Also, gozzan. ╂[< a Cornish dialectal word] … Useful english dictionary
