† ˈclauncher Obs. Min.
[Cf. clunch.]
See quot.
| 1747 Hooson Miner's Dict. E iij b, Clauncher, a piece of Kevell, Tufft, Stone, etc., having always some Joynt at the back of it, which being driven past becomes loose, and being struck upon yields a sound, and often slips down unexpectedly, and many times Ore has been discovered at the back of such Claunchers. |