At 21:19 01/09/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>I do not have acces to an appropriate dictionary/glossary (the OED does
not help) and have come across the following in a letter of 1760 in
connection with a lead mine in Ordovician period flags, does anyone know
what gout is and where I can find more information on it?
>
>'some of the last Gout was verry bad a(t) 13s..6d was quite white but I
have parted with all but expect some will be returned back'
>
>Michael Shaw
>
>
Probably unrelated but in the Forest of Dean Coalfield, Goutwater referred
to minewater containing Hydrogen Sulphide.
Graham
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