cross-course
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A vein or lode that crosses the main lode, sometimes accompanied by a change of course in the main lode.
Example Sentences
- "Williams's lode heaves the cross-course 4 feet towards the left-hand; the cross-course then intersects Trathan's lode, and at some levels heaves it towards the right-hand; and lastly, it heaves the Black lode 11 feet towards the left-hand."
- "In this end the main part of the lode is probably missed, but the branch on which it is driving has a rather silver character; and as the cross-course is approached, it is not improbably that the silver may be met with here."
- "The north section of the mine has also a crossback or cross-course, but the result at the crossing is so completely reversed that one is struck with astonishment to see the opposites in the same formation."