Definition of "vanner" []

• A machine for concentrating ore. (noun)

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• "The name most common here, "vanner" is probably the one least acknowledged, in England, said Arnold."
• "We all imagine Beckett to be that vanner and would like to set her up as the target of one of those Top Gear stunts where a caravan is destroyed by interesting technical means."
• "The Frue vanner is an endless indiarubber band drawn over an inclined table, to which a revolving and side motion is given by ingenious automatic mechanism, the pulp being automatically fed from the upper end, and the concentrates collected in a trough containing water in which the band is immersed in its passage under the table; the lighter particles wash over the lower end."