Etymograph

English

quartzing

From quartz + -ing.

A compound of quartz + -ing

Middle High German quarz

German Quarz

English quartz

Today it means

noun The extraction of quartz from the earth, and moreover the subsequent extraction of gold from quartz.

Sources

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