Placer

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:02:08

Pla"cer (?), n.

One who places or sets.

Spenser.

 

© Webster 1913.

Plac"er (?), 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.

[U.S.]

 

© Webster 1913.

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