different between costeaning vs costean

English

Noun

costeaning (plural costeanings)

1. (mining) A process for discovering metallic lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all the veins between the two pits.

Anagrams

• negociants

English

Etymology

From Cornish cothas (“dropped”) + stean (“tin”).

Verb

costean (third-person singular simple present costeans, present participle costeaning, simple past and past participle costeaned)

1. (mining) To search for lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all the veins between the two pits.

Related terms

• costeaning

Anagrams

• Acteons, Secotan, octanes

Spanish

Verb

costean

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of costear.
2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present indicative form of costear.