Rocks rich in gems, and mountains big with mines, / That on the high equator ridgy riſe, / Whence many a burſting ſtream auriferous plays: [...]
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Auriferous
//ɔːˈɹɪfəɹəs//
Synonyms for "auriferous" (3 found)
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13 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- златоносен adj (containing gold)
Catalan
1 entries- aurífer adj (containing gold)
Finnish
1 entries- kultapitoinen adj (containing gold)
French
1 entries- aurifère adj (containing gold)
Galician
1 entries- aurífero adj (containing gold)
German
1 entries- goldhaltig adj (containing gold)
Irish
1 entries- órtháirgeach adj (containing gold)
Italian
1 entries- aurifero adj (containing gold)
Latin
1 entries- aurifer adj (containing gold)
Polish
2 entries- złotodajny adj (containing gold)
- złotonośny adj (containing gold)
Portuguese
1 entries- aurífero adj (containing gold)
Spanish
1 entries- aurífero adj (containing gold)
Sample sentences
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To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores.
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In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable [...]
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