prospecting

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Verb

1. present participle of prospect#English|prospect

Noun

prospecting (plural prospectings)

1. The act of one who prospects.
   • 1858, William Howitt, Land, Labour, and Gold; Or, Two Years in Victoria (page 54)

     He declared that the country was an intellectual desert; that he was famishing for spiritual aliment, and for discourse on matters beyond mere nuggets, prospectings, and the price of gold.

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