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paco

nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈpɑːkəʊ//

An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver.

noun

  1. 1

    archaicAn alpaca.

  2. 2

    An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver.

    Mr. Ratcliffe has sometimes found them to contain arsenic in an oxidized state, combined with ferric oxide, and once he met with a paco ore mainly composed of antimony ochre.

Etymology

From Spanish paco.

Forms

plural
pacos, pacoes
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