GOLD, GOLDFIELD
ADJECTIVES
..725 — SMEAT of gold: refined, pure → obs.
1560 — AURIPOTENT having gold at command, rich in gold → obs.
..17C — RED golden, made of gold
1731 — AURULENT having the colour of gold
1805 — CHRYSOPOETIC adj. gold-making
1855 — INAURATE gilded, covered with gold
NOUNS
1430 — GOLD-OBRIZON pure or refined gold; fine gold → obs.
.M16 — MINT — MYNT gold
1535 — TONGUE a wedge, an ingot of gold or silver → obs.
1610 — SUN in alchemy: gold → obs.
1617 — RED-ROGUE a gold piece → sl.
1629 — OBRIZE GOLD pure or refined gold; fine gold → obs.
1665 — DUST-GOLD gold dust → obs.
1674 — OLD MR. GORY gold; a piece of gold, i.e. a gold coin → criminals’ sl.
1696 — REDGE — RIDGE gold: manufactured or specie → sl.
1715 — CHRYSOPOETICS the making of gold
1753 — YELLOW DIRT a contemptuous term for gold
1772 — CHRYSOPEE the art of turning other metals into gold → obs.
..19C — QUEER WEDGE adulterated gold or silver → sl.
1825 — LOB a lump, a large piece; a nugget of gold → Eng. dial.
1836 — OCHRE money; gold → sl.
1842 — CHRYSOLOGY the science of gold or wealth
1848 — COARSE GOLD gold in sizable grains as distinct from gold dust
.M19 — RED gold, thus money, i.e. sovereigns → UK criminals’ sl.
1851 — COLOR gold
1853 — CHISPA a gold nugget → Amer. dial.
1855 — CHRYSOGRAPHY writing in letters of gold
1886 — RED-UN gold → sl.
1889 — BULLET a small nugget of gold
1891 — CALIFORNIANS gold pieces → sl. (Bk.)
1892 — YELLOW FEVER greed for gold → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
..20C — CAKE a gold nugget → Aust. sl.
..20C — FAKEMS pinchbeck (a form of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, mixed in proportions so that it closely resembles gold in appearance) → sl.
1916 — MINER’S LOCO an insatiable lust for gold; gold fever → Amer. dial.
1930 — ACKY aqua fortis, nitric acid when used to test for gold → UK criminals’ sl.
1935 — DRY-BLOWER a gold-miner
1945 — GOLD COLIC a desire to find gold, a desire to make money → US Western usage (Bk.)
1950 — AFRICAN DUST gold → US sl.
1991 — AUROPHOBIA an abnormal dislike of gold (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1808 — CHRYSOPHILITE n. a lover of gold
1811 — CHRYSOPHILIST n. a lover of gold
1853 — HATTER a miner, esp. a gold miner, who works independently rather than with a partner → Aust. & NZ hist.
1856 — RUSHER a person who takes part in a rush to a new goldfield or new territory
1901 — HASSAYAMPA — HASSAYAMPER an Arizona gold-rusher → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1623 — INAURATE to gild with gold → obs.
.M19 — RAISE THE COLOUR to discover gold → Aust. sl.
1930 — CHASE THE PENNY WEIGHT to prospect for gold → Aust. sl.
1930 — CHASE THE WEIGHT to prospect for gold → Aust. sl.
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