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BANKET , a See also: South See also: African See also: mining See also: term, applied to the beds of auriferous conglomerate, chiefly occurring in the Witwatersrand gold-See also: fields (see Goan)
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The name was given to these beds from their resemblance to a sweetmeat, known in Dutch as " banket," resembling almond hard-See also: bake
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The word is the same as " banquet," and is derived ultimately from " See also: bank " or " bench," meaning table-feast, hence applied to any delicacy or to various kinds of confectionery, a use now obsolete in See also: English
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