Tozing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tossing \Toss"ing\, n.
     1. The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly;
        a rolling and tumbling.
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     2. (Mining)


        (a) A process which consists in washing ores by violent
            agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter
            or earthy particles; -- called also {tozing}, and
            {treloobing}, in Cornwall. --Pryce.
        (b) A process for refining tin by dropping it through the
            air while melted.
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