gossan

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed in the 1770s from Cornish gossen, from gōs (“blood”), from Old Cornish guit (compare Proto-Celtic *wolis). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒsən/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑsən/ === Noun === gossan (countable and uncountable, plural gossans) (geology) Rust-coloured (weatherized and oxidized) rock or mineral deposits, forming the upper part or outcrop of a metallic vein. ==== Derived terms ==== gossaniferous === References === “gossan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “gossan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === gosans, sangos == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkossan/ === Verb === gossan past indicative connegative of gossat === Participle === gossan past participle of gossat