† ouge Mining. Obs.
[Derivation unknown: cf. wough.]
The hard or compact rock forming the sides of a metallic vein.
| 1747 Hooson Miner's Dict. s.v. Bind, The more nearer they resemble the Nature of the approaching Ouges, and are easily distinguished by the experienced Miner. Ibid. Q iij, The true set of the Vein is when it cuts into the hard Rock, and formes hard and firme Sides or Ouges. |