See Also: scovan(dictionary)

Navaratri (iou) and scovan (iou)


Navaratri (iou)



Navaratri noun. . E20.
[Hindi from Sanskrit navaratra, lit. 'nine nights'.]
A Hindu autumn festival extending over the nine nights before Dussehra.

scovan (iou)



scovan noun. L18.
[Cornish dial., of unkn. origin.]
Mining. Tin ore with few impurities.
scovan lode a vein of hard tin ore in which the metal occurs without gossan, usu. with quartz and chlorite.