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Definition of mine

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Mine (v. i.) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries..

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Wheal :: Wheal (n.) A mine.

Carmine :: Carmine (n.) A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.

Illustriousness :: Illustriousness (n.) The state or quality of being eminent; greatness; grandeur; glory; fame.

Hyoscine :: Hyoscine (n.) An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substance..

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging..

Ulexite :: Ulexite (n.) A mineral occurring in white rounded crystalline masses. It is a hydrous borate of lime and soda.

Sweat :: Sweat (v. i.) The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration..

Thrackscat :: Thrackscat (n.) Metal still in the mine.

Prospect :: Prospect (v. t.) To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold..

Cabrerite :: Cabrerite (n.) An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain..

Determinable :: Determinable (v. t.) Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion..

Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..

Philippium :: Philippium (n.) A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.

Eudialyte :: Eudialyte (n.) A mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime..

Skip :: Skip (n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock..

Stocah :: Stoat (n.) The ermine in its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, but with a black tip to the tail. The name is sometimes applied also to other brown weasels..

Ventilate :: Ventilate (v. t.) To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine..

Chiefly :: Chiefly (adv.) In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.

Salt :: salt () Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia..

Metamorphic :: Metamorphic (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since their original deposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks..