 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1773 - 1164 pages
...MINE, pronoun pofleffivc. [myn, Sax.] Belonging to m'e, Drydcn. MINE. /. [w>w» or итоя, Welfh.] I. A place or cavern in the earth which contains metals or minerals. • B'.ylr. Л, A cavern f\:ft r.dcr any fcrtificatiun that it may fink for want of fupport,- or, in... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - English language - 1790 - 520 pages
...mi'nd-ilrlkn. a. Moved, affefted in his mind. MINE, mi'ne. pronoun pofleffive. Belonging to me. MINE, mi'ne. f. A place or cavern in the earth which contains metals...or minerals; a cavern dug under any fortification. To MINE, mi'ne. vn To dig mines or burrows. To MINE, mi'ne. va To fap, to 4 ruin by mines, to deflroy... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1807 - 1108 pages
...of it, and therefore requires the grave sound, that the humour may not be lost. MINE, mine. s. (64). A place or cavern in the earth which contains metals, or minerals ; a cavern dug under any fort fication. To MINE, mine. vn To dig mines or burrows. To MINE, mine. va To sap, to ruin by mines,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1812 - 808 pages
...miry n, or mm, Welsh.] IA place or cavern in the earth which contains metals or minerals. 'Boyle. SA cavern dug under any fortification, that it may sink for want of support ; or, in modern war, that pttwder may be lodged in it, which being Area, whatever » over it may be blown op. Milton. To M f... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 774 pages
...(10 * lyflNE. a./, [mine, French ; mivyn or mivn, Welfh, from maen lajin, in •the plural mtini.] i. A place or cavern in the earth which contains metals or minerals. — In your large heart was found a wealthy mine. Waller. — A workman, to avoid idlcnefs, worked... | |
 | John Walker - Bible - 1823 - 808 pages
...of it, and" therefore requires the grave MMind, that the humour may not be lost MIM.. mine. s. 64. A place or cavern in the earth which contains metals,...or minerals ; a cavern dug under any fortification. To MINE, uiloc. v. n To dig mines or burrow*. To MINE, mine. ». a. To sap, to nun by mines, to dfstroT... | |
 | John Walker - 1824 - 788 pages
...uf it, and therefore requires the grave sound, that the humour may not be lo,- f . MINE, mine, s.64. A place or cavern in the earth which contains metals...or minerals ; a cavern dug under any fortification. To MINE, mine, vn To dig mines or burrows. To MINE, mine, ra To sap, to ruin by mines, to destroy by... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1825 - 802 pages
...of it, »nd therefore requires the grave sound, that the humour may not be lost MINE, mine. s. 64. A place or cavern in the earth which contains metals,...or minerals ; a cavern dug under any fortification. "-oMINE, mine, v. n To dig mines or burrows. io MINE, mine. va To sap, to ruin by mines, to destroy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1828 - 860 pages
...intellectual powers; stupid; unthinking. MINE, (mine) pron. pass. Belonging to me. MINE, (mine) ns A place or cavern in the earth, which contains metals...that powder may be lodged in it, which being fired, whatever is over it may be blown up. To MINE, (mine) vn To dig mines or burrows; to practise secret... | |
 | William Grimshaw - English language - 1829 - 418 pages
...minding; past, minded: adj. mindful: adv. mindfully: s. mindfulness. MINE. pron. Belonging to me. MINE. s. A place or cavern in the earth, which contains metals...is over it. v. mine; pr. par. mining; past, mined: s. miner. ter dug out of mines, adj. mineral: s. mineralist. MINERALOGY, s. The doctrine of minerals,... | |
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A place or cavern in the earth which contains metals, or minerals ; a cavern dug under any fort fication. 
