Word: costean
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: cos
tean
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: costean
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cothas
Language: kw
Decoded: cothas
Meaning: dropped
Affix: stean
Language: kw
Decoded: stean
Meaning: tin