flookan, flooking Mining.
(ˈflʊkən, -ɪŋ)
Also 9 fluc(c)an.
[Of unknown origin; app. not Celtic.]
a. A cross-course or transverse vein composed of clay. b. (See quot. 1869.)
| 1728 Nicholls in Phil. Trans XXXV. 403 The Load is frequently intercepted by the crossing of a Vein of Earth, or Stone..This transient Load is by the Miners term'd a Flooking. 1807 Carne ibid. XCVII. 293 A flookan..was discovered..which cut the lode at an angle of 45°. 1869 R. B. Smyth Goldf. Victoria 611 Flucan or Flookan, a sort of clayey substance, often found against the walls of a quartz reef, and accompanying cross-spurs and slides. |