buddies

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Sometimes before the buddles have been filled full, the boys throw the material into a bowl and carry it to the strakes and wash it.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

This is done by washing the whole in buddles, one set below another, in the manner of the potter, when it is necessary to search his clays.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

Of course in large alluvial claims, where capital is employed, such appliances are superseded by steam puddles, buddles, and other machinery, and sometimes mercury is used to amalgamate the gold when very fine.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)

The two large buddles discharge into a cross trough, and it again empties through a launder into a settling-pit which is outside the building.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius