Mining. [f. BUDDLE sb.2] trans. To wash (ore) by means of a buddle. Hence Buddled ppl. a.; Buddler; Buddling vbl. sb.
1693. G. Pooley, in Phil. Trans., XVII. 675. The places where they wash, clean or buddle it, as their Term is.
1747. Hooson, Miner’s Dict., s.v., In some places, they Buddle all their Boose. Ibid., I j b. The Budlers, Scrapers, and Washers. Ibid., X iv. Waste [is] that which is separated by the Water from the Buddled Ore, by Buddling the Boose.
1869. Church, in Student, II. 402. It [ore] is separated from the accompanying rock and minerals by the process locally [Cornwall] termed buddling.
