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placer
CIDE DICTIONARY
placer, n.
One who places or sets. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
placer, n. [Sp.].
A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
placer, n. a deposit of sand, gravel, etc., in the bed of a stream etc., containing valuable minerals in particles.
Etymology
Amer. Sp., rel. to placel sandbank f. plaza PLACE
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