Definition of adit

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Adit (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel..

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Wig :: Wig (n.) A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers..
Traditor :: Traditor (n.) A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to..
Entry :: Entry (n.) That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine..
Adit :: Adit (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel..
Immemorial :: Immemorial (a.) Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial..
Traditive :: Traditive (a.) Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional..
Extraditing :: Extraditing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extradit.
Conventionalizw :: Conventionalizw (v. t.) To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance..
Traditionist :: Traditionist (n.) One who adheres to tradition.
Memory :: Memory (n.) Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory..
Thurl :: Thurl (n.) A short communication between adits in a mine.
Tradition :: Tradition (n.) Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed..
Traditionalist :: Traditionalist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Lore :: Lore (v. t.) That which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge gained from tradition, books, or experience; often, the whole body of knowledge possessed by a people or class of people, or pertaining to a particular subject; as, the lore of the Egyptians; priestly lore; legal lore; folklore..
Traditionally :: Traditionally (adv.) In a traditional manner.
Traditionary :: Traditionary (n.) One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them..
Nevadite :: Nevadite (n.) A grantitoid variety of rhyolite, common in Nevada..
Extradition :: Extradition (n.) The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.
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