pitfall

First recorded use in the 14th century from pit + fall in the sense of "pit trap, pit snare", from Old English fealle (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *fallą, *fallaz (“a fall, trap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pōl-. Cognate with German Falle (“trap, snare”).

This pitfall, beginning in February and finishing in May, resulted in a drop of about 3 ft. in the platform level; during this period it was necessary to level the track three times weekly, and impose a service slack of 15 m.p.h. The subsidence appears now to have finished, and normal speed is once again permitted.

1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Pitfalls”, in Railway Magazine, page 456:

(mining) Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.


tights

→ Japanese: タイツ (taitsu)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-tights.wav

(mining) In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.


Mine

Mine (genitive)
Minen (plural)
Mine (nominative singular)
Minen (definite nominative plural)
Mine (genitive singular)
Minen (definite genitive plural)
Mine (dative singular)
Minen (dative definite plural)
Mine (accusative singular)
Minen (accusative definite plural)


Lager

de-noun

Lager n (strong, genitive Lagers, plural Lager or Läger)

Lagers (genitive)
Lager (plural)
Läger (plural)
Lager (nominative singular)
Lager (definite nominative plural)
Läger (definite nominative plural)
Lagers (genitive singular)
Lager (definite genitive plural)
Läger (definite genitive plural)
Lager (dative singular)
Lagern (dative definite plural)
Lägern (dative definite plural)
Lager (accusative singular)
Lager (accusative definite plural)
Läger (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: lágr

→ Danish: lager

→ Dutch: lager

→ English: laager

→ English: lager

→ Estonian: laager

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: lager

Norwegian Nynorsk: lager

→ Romanian: lagăr

→ Russian: лагерь (lagerʹ)

→ Serbo-Croatian: lȏgor

→ Swedish: lager

From Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Proto-West Germanic *legr.
Cognate with Dutch leger, Middle Low German lēger, English lair, Danish lejr, Norwegian Bokmål leir, Swedish läger (“place to sleep”) and lager (“storage, stock”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃 (ligrs).
The modern form with -a- is of East Central German origin, apparently due to influence by the related word Lage. The original form with a front vowel has been preserved as an alternative—albeit fairly rare—plural.

(geology, mining) measure (of some resource)


Stollen

Stollen m (strong, genitive Stollens, plural Stollen)

Stollens (genitive)
Stollen (plural)
Stollen (nominative singular)
Stollen (definite nominative plural)
Stollens (genitive singular)
Stollen (definite genitive plural)
Stollen (dative singular)
Stollen (dative definite plural)
Stollen (accusative singular)
Stollen (accusative definite plural)
Stolln (alternative)

→ Czech: štóla

→ English: stollen

→ Norwegian Bokmål: stoll

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: stoll

From Middle High German stolle, from Old High German stollo (“prop, post”), from Proto-Germanic *stullô (“support, post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

der

(mining, geology) gallery; tunnel (long cavity in rock, usually man-made, but sometimes natural)


barring

/ˈbɑːɹɪŋ(ɡ)/

(mining) Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.


staple

From Middle English stapel (“staple, pillar, post”), from Old English stapol (“post, pillar”), from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”).
See also Old English steppan (“to step”) and Old French estaple (“post”). Consider also stapes (“stirrup”), from Latin. Doublet of étape and etymology 1.

krammetjie

wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper

(mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.


squib

Possibly imitative of a small explosion.

unk

Possibly

(mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.


argh

From Proto-Brythonic *arx, from Latin arca. Cognate with Breton arc'h and Welsh arch.


bailiff

From Middle English baillif, baylyf, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bailif (plural bailis), probably from Vulgar Latin *bāiulivus (“castellan”), from Latin bāiulus (“porter; steward”), whence also bail. As a translation of foreign titles, semantic loan from French bailli, Scots bailie, Dutch baljuw, etc. Mostly replaced the role of native reeve. Doublet of bailo.

Bailiffs of Jersey and Guernsey
High Bailiff of the Isle of Man
Landvogt
bailiff

مَأْمُور

equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts

(historical, mining) The foreman or overman of a mine.

A private administrator, particularly
The foreman or overman of a mine.


headway

en-noun

headway (countable and uncountable, plural headways)

Partly from Middle English hauedwei, from Old English hēafodweġ (“head-road, main-road”); partly as a shortening of ahead-way, the source of the nautical sense. By surface analysis, head + way.


tavan

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تاوان (tavan, “ceiling”).


saddle

→ Japanese: サドル (sadoru)

Homer Tunnel
Milford Sound
Oxford English Dictionary

From Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-West Germanic *sadul, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz (“saddle”). Further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sod-dʰlo-, from *sed- (“to sit”) + *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting instruments or tools)), though the Oxford English Dictionary says this “presents formal difficulties”.
Cognates
* Danish sadel
* Dutch zadel
* German Sattel
* Icelandic söðull
* Low German Sadel
* Russian седло́ (sedló)
* Saterland Frisian Soadel
* Scots sadil
* Swedish sadel
* West Frisian seal

saal

seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal

satula

something resembling a saddle in appearance or shape

satula

depression located along the axial trend of an anticline

Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.

(geology) An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.

(chiefly Australia, mining) Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”).


tub

From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube.

(mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.


airway

(mining) A roadway used for ventilation.


hade

en-verb

hade (third-person singular simple present hades, present participle hading, simple past and past participle haded)

hades (present singular third-person)
hading (participle present)
haded (participle past)
haded (past)

Uncertain. Perhaps from a dialectal form of head.

It was found, however, that where the coal haded away from the floor towards the face, as in Fig. 2(6), [...]

1935, Institution of Mining Engineers (Great Britain), Transactions, page 60:

The author details the benefits arising from arranging the quarry faces to be haded backwards at say 20-25° off vertical and to be of reasonable height, say 50-60ft. These include the reduction of danger ...

Plot's observation that the veins haded to the north-east is consistent with the workings around Stone Quarry Mine but not the main Ecton Pipe at depth nor the mines from Clayton Pipe southwards.

2000, Lindsey Porter, John Albert Robey, The Copper & Lead Mines Around the Manifold Valley, North Staffordshire:

(geology, mining) To slope or incline from the vertical.


comminution

en-noun

comminution (countable and uncountable, plural comminutions)

From Latin comminūtiō (“breaking into pieces, crumbling, shattering; crushing, pulverizing”), from Latin comminuō (“to break or crumble into small pieces; to crush, pulverize”) (from com- (prefix indicating completeness) + minuō (“to make smaller; to diminish, lessen”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“little, small”)) + Latin -tiō (suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action); equivalent to comminute + -ion.

der

He deſcribes in a Mechanical way the manner of its Action; ſuppoſing that ſome of its Particles having undergone ſeveral Comminutions (tho not a Diſſolution) from the various Firments they have paſſed, arrive at laſt, with the Blood, at the Brain; […] thoſe of them, which are not ſmall enough to paſs thoſe Straits along with the Juice, being juſt admitted, ſtick there till other appelling Subſtances give them a farther Comminution, and ſo pretrude them along: […]

1692–1693 February, “VI. An Account of a Book. Novæ Hypotheseos, ad explicanda febrium intermittentium Symptomata & Typos excogitatæ Hypotyposis. Unà cum Ætiologià Remediorium; speciatim vero de curatione per Corticem Peruvianum. Accessit Dissertatiuncula de Intestinorum motu Peristaltico. Authore Guilielmo Cole, M.D. Lond. in 8º. 1693.”, in Philosophical Transactions, volume VI, number 197, London: Printed for, and sold by Samuel Smith, printer to the Royal Society, at the Princes Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard, published 1693, →OCLC, page 652:

[W]hen a proportionable piece [of an aliment (food item)] is thus taken into the Mouth, the lower Jaw is variouſly mov'd by its proper Muſcles, and Maſtication is begun and carryed on by the Aſſiſtance of the Tongue, Cheeks, and Lips; the two firſt ſtill applying the leſs divided parts of the Aliment, to the Dentes Molares [molar teeth], till there's an equal Comminution of all its Parts; […]

1696 March–May, William Cowper, “IV. An Account of Chylification”, in Philosophical Transactions. Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, volume XIX, number 220, Oxford: Printed at the Theater, and are to be sold by Samuel Smith, at the Prince's Arms in Sᵗ Paul's Church-yard, London; and Henry Clements, bookseller in Oxford, →OCLC, pages 231–232:

It's [the mouth's] hooked Form is of great Uſe to the rapacious Kind [of bird], in catching and holding their Prey, and in the Comminution thereof by tearing; to others it is no less ſerviceable to their climbing, as well as neat and nice Comminution of their Food.

1714, W[illiam] Derham, “Of the Food of Animals”, in Physico-theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. Being the Substance of Sixteen Sermons Preached in St. Mary le Bow-Church, London, at the Honourable Mr. Boyle’s Lectures, in the Year 1711 and 1712. With Large Notes, and Many Curious Observations, 3rd corrected edition, London: Printed for W. Innys, at the Prince's-Arms in St. Paul's Church Yard, →OCLC, page 193:

[B]y what process, we would ask, could these sands have been sifted and separated agreeable to their grades, as they are now found? What circumstances could have effected such comminutions, such separations, such transpositions, and transportations of the several kinds, having all the same origin?

1854, Andrew Brown, chapter 13, in The Philosophy of Physics: Or, Process of Creative Development, by which the First Principles of Physics are Proved beyond Controversy, and Their Effect in the Formation of All Physical Things Made Comprehensible to All Intelligent Minds, as in Phenomenal Nature, New York, N.Y.: [J. S.] Redfield, 110 & 112 Nassau Street, →OCLC, page 417:

What circumstances determine the degree of comminution to which a substance should be subjected preparatory to future extraction?

1873, Barnard S. Proctor, “Lecture II. Comminution.”, in Lectures on Practical Pharmacy, London: J[ohn] & A[ugustus] Churchill, New Burlington Street, →OCLC, page 28:

I hadn't fought ten seconds befre I felt this softness in him, realised all that quality of modern upper-class England that never goes to the quick, that hedges about rules and those petty points of honour that are the ultimate comminution of honour, that claims credit for things demonstrably half done.

1908, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Of Bladesover House, and My Mother; and the Constitution of Society”, in Tono-Bungay […], Toronto, Ont.: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd., →OCLC, 1st book (The Days before Tono-Bungay was Invented), section VIII, page 40:

Termites are herbivores and detritivores variously involved in the comminution and decomposition of vegetable matter, through most of the warm temperate and tropical zones.

1978, J. P. La Fage, W. L. Nutting, “Nutrient Dynamics of Termites”, in M. V. Brian, editor, Production Ecology of Ants and Termites (International Biological Programme; 13), Cambridge, New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 165:

(often mining, waste management) The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles.


feeder

From Middle English feedere, federe, fedare, equivalent to feed + -er.

(mining) Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”).


ganga

Borrowed from French gangue, from German Gang.

(mining) gangue (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)


streamer

From Middle English stremer, stremere, equivalent to stream + -er.

(mining) One who searches for stream tin.


ticketing

en-noun

ticketing (countable and uncountable, plural ticketings)

(UK, mining, dated) A periodic sale of ore in the mining districts, in which buyers wrote their bids upon tickets.


trapdoor

trapdoors (plural)
trap door (alternative)
trap-door (alternative)

Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond
w:Rossiter W. Raymond

(mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; a weather door.


cockle

From Middle English cokel, cokkel, kokkel, cocle, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a diminutive of Middle English cokke, cok (“cockle”), from Old English cocc (found in sǣcocc (“cockle”)) + -le; or perhaps from Old French coquille, from Vulgar Latin *cocchilia, from conchylia, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhúlion), diminutive of κογχύλη (konkhúlē, “mussel”), of Pre-Greek substrate origin.

(Cornwall, mining) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.


tribute

tribute (countable and uncountable, plural tributes)

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English tribut, from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuō (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”). See tribe.

শ্ৰদ্ধাঞ্জলি

acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift

The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable

1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […] :

1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]

(mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.


nivel

From Spanish nivel, from Catalan nivell or Old French nivel, livel, from Latin libella (“little bit”), a tenth part of a denarius.

(mining) Secondary gallery of small section, usually on the mining ramp


cropping

Their croppings are either entirely barren or contain only a moderate amount of copper, but much richer ore is ordinarily found just above the chalcocite zone.

1905, Waldemar Lindgren, The Copper Deposits of the Clifton-Morenci District, Arizona, page 207:

The cropping of the Quincy ore-bearing bed, the equivalent of the Daly West bed, is stated to have been found at the east end of the present mine and just below the present wagon road.

1912, John Mason Boutwell, Lester Hood Woolsey, Geology and ore deposits of the Park City district, Utah, page 121:

(mining) An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.


ramble

An altered form (with dissimilation of mm to mb) of dialectal rammle, from Middle English *ramlen, *ramelen, frequentative of Middle English ramen (“to roam, ramble”); compare Swedish ramla (“to stumble; fall; make a noise; rumble”), Danish ramle (“to stumble; collapse; thunder; boom”); equivalent to roam + -le.
"mid-15 c., perhaps frequentative of 'romen' 'to walk, go' perhaps via 'romblen' (late 14 c.) 'to ramble.' The vowel change perhaps by influence of Middle Dutch 'rammelen,' a derivative of 'rammen' 'copulate,' 'used of the night wanderings of the amorous cat.' Meaning 'to talk or write incoherently' is from 1630s".

cog

(mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.


bully

en-noun

bully (countable and uncountable, plural bullies)

From 1530, as a term of endearment, probably a diminutive ( + -y) of Dutch boel (“lover; brother”), from Middle Dutch boel, boele (“brother; lover”), from Old Dutch *buolo, from Proto-Germanic *bōlô (compare Middle Low German bôle (“brother”), Middle High German buole (“brother; close relative; close relation”) (whence German Buhle (“lover”)), Old English Bōla, Bōlla (personal name), diminutive of expressive *bō- (“brother, father”). Compare also Latvian bālinš (“brother”). More at boy.
The term acquired a negative connotation during the 17th century; first ‘noisy, blustering fellow’ then ‘a person who is cruel to others’. Possibly influenced by bull (“male cattle”) or via the ‘prostitute's minder’ sense. The positive senses are dated, but survive in phrases such as bully pulpit.

onomatopoeic

expressive


paddock

The noun is almost certainly a variant of dialectal British parrock (“enclosure; park; croft, small field, paddock”), from Middle English parrok, parrock (“enclosed pasture, paddock; coop; feeding stall; cabin, hut”) [and other forms], from Old English pearroc, pearruc (“fence used to enclose a space; area enclosed by such a fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *parruk (“enclosure; pen for animals”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“fence; enclosure”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *barō (“bar, beam; barrier”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce; to strike”). Doublet of park.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Danish park (“pond”)
* Dutch perk (“flowerbed; garden; pen”)
* German Pferch (“sheepfold, sheep-pen”)

cog

(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, mining) A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.

koekuoppa

place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt is excavated; place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.


paddock

en-verb

paddock (third-person singular simple present paddocks, present participle paddocking, simple past and past participle paddocked)

term-label

(transitive, chiefly Australia, New Zealand)

paddocks (present singular third-person)
paddocking (participle present)
paddocked (participle past)
paddocked (past)

(also intransitive) To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).

kaivaa koekuopasta

to excavate washdirt from (a superficial deposit)

(obsolete) To store (ore, washdirt, etc.) in a paddock (noun sense 2.5).


malkula

malkula (indefinite nominative singular)
malkulas (genitive indefinite singular)
malkulan (definite nominative singular)
malkulans (definite genitive singular)
malkulor (indefinite nominative plural)
malkulors (genitive indefinite plural)
malkulorna (definite nominative plural)
malkulornas (definite genitive plural)


Satz

Satze (plural)
Sätze (plural)
Sätz (plural)
satz (alternative)
zats (alternative)
Sats (alternative)
Satts (alternative)

Borrowed from Central Franconian or German Satz.

(Waubach, mining) the performance/production of a corridor or longwall in a coal mine.


thump

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onomatopoeic

imitative

(mining) Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).


tying

From Middle English tiȝing, teing, from Old English *tīgung, tīging (“connection”), from Proto-Germanic *taugungō, from *taugijaną from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to tug, draw”). Equivalent to tie + -ing. Present participle from Old English tīgende, from tīgan, tīegan.

der

(mining) The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.


beneficiar

ca-verb

beneficiar (first-person singular present beneficio, first-person singular preterite beneficií, past participle beneficiat)

beneficio (first-person present singular)
beneficií (first-person preterite singular)
beneficiat (participle past)
beneficiar (infinitive)
beneficiant (gerund)
beneficiat (masculine participle past singular)
beneficiada (feminine participle past singular)
beneficiats (masculine participle past plural)
beneficiades (feminine participle past plural)
beneficio (first-person indicative present singular)
beneficies (indicative present second-person singular)
beneficia (indicative present singular third-person)
beneficiem (first-person indicative plural present)
beneficieu (indicative plural present second-person)
beneficien (indicative plural present third-person)
beneficiava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
beneficiaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
beneficiava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
beneficiàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
beneficiàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
beneficiaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
beneficiaré (first-person future indicative singular)
beneficiaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
beneficiarà (future indicative singular third-person)
beneficiarem (first-person future indicative plural)
beneficiareu (future indicative plural second-person)
beneficiaran (future indicative plural third-person)
beneficií (first-person indicative preterite singular)
beneficiares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
beneficià (indicative preterite singular third-person)
beneficiàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
beneficiàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
beneficiaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
beneficiaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
beneficiaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
beneficiaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
beneficiaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
beneficiaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
beneficiarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
beneficiï (first-person present singular subjunctive)
beneficiïs (present second-person singular subjunctive)
beneficiï (present singular subjunctive third-person)
beneficiem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
beneficieu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
beneficiïn (plural present subjunctive third-person)
beneficiés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
beneficiessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
beneficiés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
beneficiéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
beneficiéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
beneficiessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
beneficia (imperative second-person)
beneficiï (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
beneficiem (first-person imperative plural)
beneficieu (imperative plural second-person)
beneficiïn (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no beneficiïs (imperative negative second-person)
no beneficiï (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no beneficiem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no beneficieu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no beneficiïn (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


flotation

en-noun

flotation (countable and uncountable, plural flotations)

flotations (plural)
floatation (alternative)

chemical engineering
chemical engineering

(mining, chemical engineering) A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.


depressant

depressant (countable and uncountable, plural depressants)

(mining) An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals.


recovery

recovery (countable and uncountable, plural recoveries)

recoveries (plural)
recovre (alternative)

From Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).

(mining) The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore


лава

uk-noun

ла́ва • (láva) f inan (genitive ла́ви, nominative plural ла́ви, genitive plural лав)

ла́ва (canonical)
láva (romanization)
ла́ви (genitive)
ла́ви (nominative plural)
лав (genitive plural)
ла́ва (nominative singular)
ла́ви (nominative plural)
ла́ви (genitive singular)
лав (genitive plural)
ла́ві (dative singular)
ла́вам (dative plural)
ла́ву (accusative singular)
ла́ви (accusative plural)
ла́вою (instrumental singular)
ла́вами (instrumental plural)
ла́ві (locative singular)
ла́вах (locative plural)
ла́во (singular vocative)
ла́ви (plural vocative)


caver

(mining, obsolete) One who works the tailings of a mine to extract small pieces of marketable ore.


pothole

potholes (plural)
pot-hole (alternative)

From dialectal pot (“pit, hollow, cavity”) + hole. The "cave" senses, attested since at least 1809 (as pot-hole), may be from Middle English pot, potte (“a deep hole for a mine, or from peat-digging”), of uncertain origin; perhaps related to English pit, pote, or pot. Compare Scots pott, patt (“a pit dug in the ground; coalpit”).

(Australia, mining) A shallow hole dug for the purpose of prospecting for opal or gold.


cep

cep (nominative singular)
cepy (nominative plural)
cepa (genitive singular)
cepu (genitive singular)
cepów (genitive plural)
cepowi (dative singular)
cepom (dative plural)
cep (accusative singular)
cepy (accusative plural)
cepem (instrumental singular)
cepami (instrumental plural)
cepie (locative singular)
cepach (locative plural)
cepie (singular vocative)
cepy (plural vocative)
cepa (alternative)

(in the plural, mining) tightener (device that increases the manual force when tightening parts of a drilling jig)


lode

Doublet of load, which has however become semantically restricted. The now-archaic lode continues the old sense of Old English lād (“way, course, journey”) but by the 19th century survived only dialectally in the sense of “watercourse”, as a technical term in mining, and in the compounds lodestone, lodestar.

inh

The metals traditionally sought in the Bristol Bay region have been gold and copper, mostly in deposits near Lake Iliamna. An exception is a gold lode discovered about 1930 near Sleitat Mountain (4), where about $200 in gold was recovered from small quartz veins near the periphery of a small granitic intrusive body.

1967, Henry C. Berg, Edward Huntington Cobb, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska, page 14:

(mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.


selvage

en-noun

selvage (countable and uncountable, plural selvages)

selvages (plural)
selvedge (alternative)

From early modern Dutch selfegghe (Modern Dutch zelfkant (“selvage”)), equivalent to self + edge.

ива

finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp

(mining) That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.


tailgate

tailgates (plural)
tail-gate (alternative)
tail gate (alternative)

(mining) A tunnel for drawing spent air away from the working face of a mine.


noga

pl-noun

noga f (diminutive nóżka, augmentative nożysko, related adjective nożny)

nóżka (diminutive)
nożysko (augmentative)
nożny (adjective)
noga (nominative singular)
nogi (nominative plural)
nogi (genitive singular)
nóg (genitive plural)
nodze (dative singular)
nogom (dative plural)
nogę (accusative singular)
nogi (accusative plural)
nogą (instrumental singular)
nogami (instrumental plural)
nodze (locative singular)
nogach (locative plural)
nogo (singular vocative)
nogi (plural vocative)

(mining) part of a coal deposit to protect miners from a ceiling collapse


nether

Alteration of earlier nither, from Middle English nitheren, from Old English niþerian (“to depress, abase, bring low, humiliate, oppress, accuse, condemn”), from niþer (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”). See above.

inh

(mining) A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.


hurrier

(UK, obsolete, mining) A child employed in a coal mine to drag baskets or small wagons full of coal from the coal face where it was mined, up to the surface.


panos

panos (nominative singular)
panokset (nominative plural)
panos (accusative nominative singular)
panokset (accusative nominative plural)
panoksen (accusative genitive singular)
panokset (accusative genitive plural)
panoksen (genitive singular)
panosten (genitive plural)
panoksien (genitive plural)
panosta (partitive singular)
panoksia (partitive plural)
panoksessa (inessive singular)
panoksissa (inessive plural)
panoksesta (elative singular)
panoksista (elative plural)
panokseen (illative singular)
panoksiin (illative plural)
panoksella (adessive singular)
panoksilla (adessive plural)
panokselta (ablative singular)
panoksilta (ablative plural)
panokselle (allative singular)
panoksille (allative plural)
panoksena (essive singular)
panoksina (essive plural)
panokseksi (singular translative)
panoksiksi (plural translative)
panoksetta (abessive singular)
panoksitta (abessive plural)
panoksin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
panokseni (nominative singular)
panokseni (nominative plural)
panokseni (accusative nominative singular)
panokseni (accusative nominative plural)
panokseni (accusative genitive singular)
panokseni (accusative genitive plural)
panokseni (genitive singular)
panosteni (genitive plural)
panoksieni (genitive plural)
panostani (partitive singular)
panoksiani (partitive plural)
panoksessani (inessive singular)
panoksissani (inessive plural)
panoksestani (elative singular)
panoksistani (elative plural)
panokseeni (illative singular)
panoksiini (illative plural)
panoksellani (adessive singular)
panoksillani (adessive plural)
panokseltani (ablative singular)
panoksiltani (ablative plural)
panokselleni (allative singular)
panoksilleni (allative plural)
panoksenani (essive singular)
panoksinani (essive plural)
panoksekseni (singular translative)
panoksikseni (plural translative)
panoksettani (abessive singular)
panoksittani (abessive plural)
panoksineni (comitative plural)
panoksesi (nominative singular)
panoksesi (nominative plural)
panoksesi (accusative nominative singular)
panoksesi (accusative nominative plural)
panoksesi (accusative genitive singular)
panoksesi (accusative genitive plural)
panoksesi (genitive singular)
panostesi (genitive plural)
panoksiesi (genitive plural)
panostasi (partitive singular)
panoksiasi (partitive plural)
panoksessasi (inessive singular)
panoksissasi (inessive plural)
panoksestasi (elative singular)
panoksistasi (elative plural)
panokseesi (illative singular)
panoksiisi (illative plural)
panoksellasi (adessive singular)
panoksillasi (adessive plural)
panokseltasi (ablative singular)
panoksiltasi (ablative plural)
panoksellesi (allative singular)
panoksillesi (allative plural)
panoksenasi (essive singular)
panoksinasi (essive plural)
panokseksesi (singular translative)
panoksiksesi (plural translative)
panoksettasi (abessive singular)
panoksittasi (abessive plural)
panoksinesi (comitative plural)
panoksemme (nominative singular)
panoksemme (nominative plural)
panoksemme (accusative nominative singular)
panoksemme (accusative nominative plural)
panoksemme (accusative genitive singular)
panoksemme (accusative genitive plural)
panoksemme (genitive singular)
panostemme (genitive plural)
panoksiemme (genitive plural)
panostamme (partitive singular)
panoksiamme (partitive plural)
panoksessamme (inessive singular)
panoksissamme (inessive plural)
panoksestamme (elative singular)
panoksistamme (elative plural)
panokseemme (illative singular)
panoksiimme (illative plural)
panoksellamme (adessive singular)
panoksillamme (adessive plural)
panokseltamme (ablative singular)
panoksiltamme (ablative plural)
panoksellemme (allative singular)
panoksillemme (allative plural)
panoksenamme (essive singular)
panoksinamme (essive plural)
panokseksemme (singular translative)
panoksiksemme (plural translative)
panoksettamme (abessive singular)
panoksittamme (abessive plural)
panoksinemme (comitative plural)
panoksenne (nominative singular)
panoksenne (nominative plural)
panoksenne (accusative nominative singular)
panoksenne (accusative nominative plural)
panoksenne (accusative genitive singular)
panoksenne (accusative genitive plural)
panoksenne (genitive singular)
panostenne (genitive plural)
panoksienne (genitive plural)
panostanne (partitive singular)
panoksianne (partitive plural)
panoksessanne (inessive singular)
panoksissanne (inessive plural)
panoksestanne (elative singular)
panoksistanne (elative plural)
panokseenne (illative singular)
panoksiinne (illative plural)
panoksellanne (adessive singular)
panoksillanne (adessive plural)
panokseltanne (ablative singular)
panoksiltanne (ablative plural)
panoksellenne (allative singular)
panoksillenne (allative plural)
panoksenanne (essive singular)
panoksinanne (essive plural)
panokseksenne (singular translative)
panoksiksenne (plural translative)
panoksettanne (abessive singular)
panoksittanne (abessive plural)
panoksinenne (comitative plural)
panoksensa (nominative singular)
panoksensa (nominative plural)
panoksensa (accusative nominative singular)
panoksensa (accusative nominative plural)
panoksensa (accusative genitive singular)
panoksensa (accusative genitive plural)
panoksensa (genitive singular)
panostensa (genitive plural)
panoksiensa (genitive plural)
panostaan (partitive singular)
panostansa (partitive singular)
panoksiaan (partitive plural)
panoksiansa (partitive plural)
panoksessaan (inessive singular)
panoksessansa (inessive singular)
panoksissaan (inessive plural)
panoksissansa (inessive plural)
panoksestaan (elative singular)
panoksestansa (elative singular)
panoksistaan (elative plural)
panoksistansa (elative plural)
panokseensa (illative singular)
panoksiinsa (illative plural)
panoksellaan (adessive singular)
panoksellansa (adessive singular)
panoksillaan (adessive plural)
panoksillansa (adessive plural)
panokseltaan (ablative singular)
panokseltansa (ablative singular)
panoksiltaan (ablative plural)
panoksiltansa (ablative plural)
panokselleen (allative singular)
panoksellensa (allative singular)
panoksilleen (allative plural)
panoksillensa (allative plural)
panoksenaan (essive singular)
panoksenansa (essive singular)
panoksinaan (essive plural)
panoksinansa (essive plural)
panoksekseen (singular translative)
panokseksensa (singular translative)
panoksikseen (plural translative)
panoksiksensa (plural translative)
panoksettaan (abessive singular)
panoksettansa (abessive singular)
panoksittaan (abessive plural)
panoksittansa (abessive plural)
panoksineen (comitative plural)
panoksinensa (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *panos. Equivalent to panna (“to put”) + -os.

(weaponry, construction, demolition, mining) load, explosive charge (usually including a detonator)


ort

ort (indefinite nominative singular)
orts (genitive indefinite singular)
orten (definite nominative singular)
ortens (definite genitive singular)
orter (indefinite nominative plural)
orters (genitive indefinite plural)
orterna (definite nominative plural)
orternas (definite genitive plural)

From Middle Low German ort, from Old Saxon ord, from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“sharp point, place”).
Cognate with Middle English ord, North Frisian od (“tip, place, beginning”), Dutch oord (“place, region”), German Ort (“location, place, position”), Danish od (“a point”), Swedish udd (“a point, prick”), Icelandic oddur (“tip, point of a weapon, leader”).

cog

(mining) adit (horizontal tunnel in a mine)


airhead

From air + head (“foremost, topmost, or leading part”), sense 1 (“area of hostile territory seized for use as an airbase”) by analogy with beachhead and bridgehead.

compound

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-airhead.wav

[T]he mine then becomes exposed to the most fearful results, where the workings have been opened, by the Air being driven backwards along the Airhead into the reservoirs of Gas formed in the upper cavities of the workings, and issuing into the Gate-road charged with the Gas to the firing point, causing an explosion, of which many familiar instances might be adduced.

1851 April 23, Benjamin Gibbons, “On the Ventilation of Mines”, in Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings, Birmingham: Published by the Institution [of Mechanical Engineers], […], →OCLC, page 13:

(mining, archaic) Alternative form of air-head (“a horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.”).


Davy lamp

Named after British chemist and inventor Humphry Davy (1778–1829), its inventor.

named-after

(mining, historical) A miners' lamp or safety lamp used in coal mines to prevent explosions.


haulier

From Middle English halyer, haliere, halere, equivalent to haul + -ier.

(mining) A miner who hauls coal from the coalface to the bottom of the shaft.


slant

Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectical slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.

kalteva lokero

depression with sloping bottom to hold watercolors

(mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.


clearer

/ˈklɪəɹə(ɹ)/

(mining) An unskilled labourer who clears away the rubbish etc.


spurn

From Middle English spurnen, spornen, from Old English spurnan (“to strike against, kick, spurn, reject; stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *spurnaną (“to tread, kick, knock out”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.
Cognate with Scots spurn (“to strike, push, kick”), German spornen (“to spur on”), Icelandic sporna, spyrna (“to kick”), Latin spernō (“despise, distain, scorn”). Related to spur and spread.

cog

(mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.


trepan

en-verb

trepan (third-person singular simple present trepans, present participle trepanning or trepaning, simple past and past participle trepanned or trepaned)

trepans (present singular third-person)
trepanning (participle present)
trepaning (participle present)
trepanned (participle past)
trepanned (past)
trepaned (participle past)
trepaned (past)

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trepan, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trephine.

der

(transitive, manufacturing, mining) To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.


jamb

jambs (plural)
jambe (alternative)
jaum (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English jambe, jaumbe, from Old French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba (“hock, shank, leg, thigh”), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “turning post, bend or flexure”). Doublet of gam, gamb, gamba, and jambe.

(mining) Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.


cal

(mining, archaic, UK, dialect, Cornwall) wolfram, an ore of tungsten.


sluice

From Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo-Norman escluse (“sluice, floodgate”), from Late Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“I shut out, I exclude”) (English exclude). Cognate to Dutch sluis.

(mining) A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.


stopping

(mining) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.


Geordie

en-noun

Geordie (countable and uncountable, plural Geordies)

(mining, obsolete) A pitman who works in a coal mine.


kas

kasok (plural)
kas (nominative singular)
kasok (nominative plural)
kast (accusative singular)
kasokat (accusative plural)
kasnak (dative singular)
kasoknak (dative plural)
kassal (instrumental singular)
kasokkal (instrumental plural)
kasért (causal-final singular)
kasokért (causal-final plural)
kassá (singular translative)
kasokká (plural translative)
kasig (singular terminative)
kasokig (plural terminative)
kasként (essive-formal singular)
kasokként (essive-formal plural)
kasul (essive-modal singular)
kasban (inessive singular)
kasokban (inessive plural)
kason (singular superessive)
kasokon (plural superessive)
kasnál (adessive singular)
kasoknál (adessive plural)
kasba (illative singular)
kasokba (illative plural)
kasra (singular sublative)
kasokra (plural sublative)
kashoz (allative singular)
kasokhoz (allative plural)
kasból (elative singular)
kasokból (elative plural)
kasról (delative singular)
kasokról (delative plural)
kastól (ablative singular)
kasoktól (ablative plural)
kasé (singular)
kasoké (plural)
kaséi (singular)
kasokéi (plural)
kasom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
kasaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
kasod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kasaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kasa (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kasai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kasunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
kasaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
kasotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kasaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kasuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kasaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From a Slavic language. Compare Czech koš.

(mining) A cage (a lift in the mine shaft, used for hoisting personnel and materials).


täi

täi (nominative singular)
täit (nominative plural)
täi (accusative nominative singular)
täit (accusative nominative plural)
täin (accusative genitive singular)
täit (accusative genitive plural)
täin (genitive singular)
täiden (genitive plural)
täitten (genitive plural)
täitä (partitive singular)
täitä (partitive plural)
täissä (inessive singular)
täissä (inessive plural)
täistä (elative singular)
täistä (elative plural)
täihin (illative singular)
täihin (illative plural)
täillä (adessive singular)
täillä (adessive plural)
täiltä (ablative singular)
täiltä (ablative plural)
täille (allative singular)
täille (allative plural)
täinä (essive singular)
täinä (essive plural)
täiksi (singular translative)
täiksi (plural translative)
täittä (abessive singular)
täittä (abessive plural)
täin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
täini (nominative singular)
täini (nominative plural)
täini (accusative nominative singular)
täini (accusative nominative plural)
täini (accusative genitive singular)
täini (accusative genitive plural)
täini (genitive singular)
täideni (genitive plural)
täitteni (genitive plural)
täitäni (partitive singular)
täitäni (partitive plural)
täissäni (inessive singular)
täissäni (inessive plural)
täistäni (elative singular)
täistäni (elative plural)
täihini (illative singular)
täihini (illative plural)
täilläni (adessive singular)
täilläni (adessive plural)
täiltäni (ablative singular)
täiltäni (ablative plural)
täilleni (allative singular)
täilleni (allative plural)
täinäni (essive singular)
täinäni (essive plural)
täikseni (singular translative)
täikseni (plural translative)
täittäni (abessive singular)
täittäni (abessive plural)
täineni (comitative plural)
täisi (nominative singular)
täisi (nominative plural)
täisi (accusative nominative singular)
täisi (accusative nominative plural)
täisi (accusative genitive singular)
täisi (accusative genitive plural)
täisi (genitive singular)
täidesi (genitive plural)
täittesi (genitive plural)
täitäsi (partitive singular)
täitäsi (partitive plural)
täissäsi (inessive singular)
täissäsi (inessive plural)
täistäsi (elative singular)
täistäsi (elative plural)
täihisi (illative singular)
täihisi (illative plural)
täilläsi (adessive singular)
täilläsi (adessive plural)
täiltäsi (ablative singular)
täiltäsi (ablative plural)
täillesi (allative singular)
täillesi (allative plural)
täinäsi (essive singular)
täinäsi (essive plural)
täiksesi (singular translative)
täiksesi (plural translative)
täittäsi (abessive singular)
täittäsi (abessive plural)
täinesi (comitative plural)
täimme (nominative singular)
täimme (nominative plural)
täimme (accusative nominative singular)
täimme (accusative nominative plural)
täimme (accusative genitive singular)
täimme (accusative genitive plural)
täimme (genitive singular)
täidemme (genitive plural)
täittemme (genitive plural)
täitämme (partitive singular)
täitämme (partitive plural)
täissämme (inessive singular)
täissämme (inessive plural)
täistämme (elative singular)
täistämme (elative plural)
täihimme (illative singular)
täihimme (illative plural)
täillämme (adessive singular)
täillämme (adessive plural)
täiltämme (ablative singular)
täiltämme (ablative plural)
täillemme (allative singular)
täillemme (allative plural)
täinämme (essive singular)
täinämme (essive plural)
täiksemme (singular translative)
täiksemme (plural translative)
täittämme (abessive singular)
täittämme (abessive plural)
täinemme (comitative plural)
täinne (nominative singular)
täinne (nominative plural)
täinne (accusative nominative singular)
täinne (accusative nominative plural)
täinne (accusative genitive singular)
täinne (accusative genitive plural)
täinne (genitive singular)
täidenne (genitive plural)
täittenne (genitive plural)
täitänne (partitive singular)
täitänne (partitive plural)
täissänne (inessive singular)
täissänne (inessive plural)
täistänne (elative singular)
täistänne (elative plural)
täihinne (illative singular)
täihinne (illative plural)
täillänne (adessive singular)
täillänne (adessive plural)
täiltänne (ablative singular)
täiltänne (ablative plural)
täillenne (allative singular)
täillenne (allative plural)
täinänne (essive singular)
täinänne (essive plural)
täiksenne (singular translative)
täiksenne (plural translative)
täittänne (abessive singular)
täittänne (abessive plural)
täinenne (comitative plural)
täinsä (nominative singular)
täinsä (nominative plural)
täinsä (accusative nominative singular)
täinsä (accusative nominative plural)
täinsä (accusative genitive singular)
täinsä (accusative genitive plural)
täinsä (genitive singular)
täidensä (genitive plural)
täittensä (genitive plural)
täitään (partitive singular)
täitänsä (partitive singular)
täitään (partitive plural)
täitänsä (partitive plural)
täissään (inessive singular)
täissänsä (inessive singular)
täissään (inessive plural)
täissänsä (inessive plural)
täistään (elative singular)
täistänsä (elative singular)
täistään (elative plural)
täistänsä (elative plural)
täihinsä (illative singular)
täihinsä (illative plural)
täillään (adessive singular)
täillänsä (adessive singular)
täillään (adessive plural)
täillänsä (adessive plural)
täiltään (ablative singular)
täiltänsä (ablative singular)
täiltään (ablative plural)
täiltänsä (ablative plural)
täilleen (allative singular)
täillensä (allative singular)
täilleen (allative plural)
täillensä (allative plural)
täinään (essive singular)
täinänsä (essive singular)
täinään (essive plural)
täinänsä (essive plural)
täikseen (singular translative)
täiksensä (singular translative)
täikseen (plural translative)
täiksensä (plural translative)
täittään (abessive singular)
täittänsä (abessive singular)
täittään (abessive plural)
täittänsä (abessive plural)
täineen (comitative plural)
täinensä (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *täi, from Proto-Uralic *täje. Cognates include Komi-Permyak той (toj), Udmurt тэй (tej), Hungarian tetű and probably also Erzya сий (sij), but the initial consonant is problematic.

(mining) A gold nugget between 2 mm to 4 mm by the largest measure, see also kultahippu (“gold nugget”).


akna

aknák (plural)
akna (nominative singular)
aknák (nominative plural)
aknát (accusative singular)
aknákat (accusative plural)
aknának (dative singular)
aknáknak (dative plural)
aknával (instrumental singular)
aknákkal (instrumental plural)
aknáért (causal-final singular)
aknákért (causal-final plural)
aknává (singular translative)
aknákká (plural translative)
aknáig (singular terminative)
aknákig (plural terminative)
aknaként (essive-formal singular)
aknákként (essive-formal plural)
aknában (inessive singular)
aknákban (inessive plural)
aknán (singular superessive)
aknákon (plural superessive)
aknánál (adessive singular)
aknáknál (adessive plural)
aknába (illative singular)
aknákba (illative plural)
aknára (singular sublative)
aknákra (plural sublative)
aknához (allative singular)
aknákhoz (allative plural)
aknából (elative singular)
aknákból (elative plural)
aknáról (delative singular)
aknákról (delative plural)
aknától (ablative singular)
aknáktól (ablative plural)
aknáé (singular)
aknáké (plural)
aknáéi (singular)
aknákéi (plural)
aknám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
aknáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
aknád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
aknáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
aknája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
aknái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
aknánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
aknáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
aknátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
aknáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
aknájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
aknáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
akona (alternative dialectal)

From Old Hungarian [Term?], attested as Acnahege (*aknahegy) (1197/1337), Akana (1222), akonájá (1621). Ultimately from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *okъno (“window”). The sense ‘explosive device’ came into being by ellipsis of tűzakna (“underground tunnel filled with explosives”, literally “fire shaft”).

ellipsis

(mining, architecture) shaft (in a mine; in a building)


plumming

(mining) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial (compass), the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.


straddle

As a verb, attested since the 1560s. Most likely, an alteration of dialectal striddle. The noun is first attested in the 1610s.

(mining) A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.


tippler

From tipple + -er (“agent”). “Seller” sense from 1396; “drinker” sense from 1580.


shamble

From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English sċeamol, scamol (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil, from Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, *skamilaz, from Latin scamellum, a variant of scabellum (“footstool”). Cognate with Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), German Schemel (“stool”), Danish skammel (“stool”). Icelandic skemill (“footstool”).

(mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.


Ort

de-noun

Ort n (strong, genitive Ortes or Orts, plural Örter)

Ortes (genitive)
Orts (genitive)
Örter (plural)
Ort (nominative singular)
Örter (definite nominative plural)
Ortes (genitive singular)
Orts (genitive singular)
Örter (definite genitive plural)
Ort (dative singular)
Orte (dative singular)
Örtern (dative definite plural)
Ort (accusative singular)
Örter (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German ort (“point (of a tool or weapon), corner, end point, boundary, border, site, place”), from Old High German ort (“point, tip, corner”) (8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”).


pozzo

Inherited from Latin puteus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”).

(geology, mining) shaft, groove (usually followed by a grammatical modifier)


grizzly

(Canada, US, dialect, mining) A grating used to sieve stones by size, so as to keep stones out of the sluices (in hydraulic mining) or to control stone size in the feed to the ore crusher.


Stufe

Stufe (genitive)
Stufen (plural)
Stufe (nominative singular)
Stufen (definite nominative plural)
Stufe (genitive singular)
Stufen (definite genitive plural)
Stufe (dative singular)
Stufen (dative definite plural)
Stufe (accusative singular)
Stufen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German stuofe, from Old High German stuofa, from Proto-West Germanic *stōpā, related to the verb *stappjan (“to tread, step”).
Akin to Old Saxon stōpo. Cognate with Dutch stoep. More at stoop.

(mining) an aggregation of standalone and well-crystallized mineral


ruda

ruda (nominative singular)
rudy (nominative plural)
rudy (genitive singular)
rud (genitive plural)
rudzie (dative singular)
rudom (dative plural)
rudę (accusative singular)
rudy (accusative plural)
rudą (instrumental singular)
rudami (instrumental plural)
rudzie (locative singular)
rudach (locative plural)
rudo (singular vocative)
rudy (plural vocative)


crut

(mining) A cross-measure tunnel or drift.


crut

en-verb

crut (third-person singular simple present cruts, present participle crutting, simple past and past participle crutted)

cruts (present singular third-person)
crutting (participle present)
crutted (participle past)
crutted (past)


telaga

têlaga (canonical)
telaga-telaga (plural)

From Malay telaga (attested in Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD as talāga), from Old Javanese talaga (“tank, pool, pond”). Cognate of Javanese ꦠ꧀ꦭꦒ (tlaga), Kapampangan talaga, Sundanese talaga (“lake”), and Ternate talaga (“lake”).


tailings

Meronym: culm

(mining) The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.


tossing

If it is necessary buddle the Tin over again , after it is sifted ( which is the best method for cleansing most sorts of Tin , for there may lie a rough waste , that will not come off by tossing and packing ) then buddle it over again

(mining) The process of washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; tozing.


Grube

de-noun

Grube f (genitive Grube, plural Gruben, diminutive Grübchen n or Grüblein n)

Grube (genitive)
Gruben (plural)
Grübchen (diminutive neuter)
Grüblein (diminutive neuter)
Grube (nominative singular)
Gruben (definite nominative plural)
Grube (genitive singular)
Gruben (definite genitive plural)
Grube (dative singular)
Gruben (dative definite plural)
Grube (accusative singular)
Gruben (accusative definite plural)

→ Danish: grube

→ Lesser Polish: gruba

→ Saterland Frisian: Gruube

→ Silesian: gruba

→ Swedish: gruva

desctree

→ Ukrainian: груба (hruba)
→ Romanian: hrubă

From Middle High German grūbe, gruobe, from Old High German gruoba, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with English groove, Asturian engrueba. Doublet of Groove.

der

wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein


growan

en-noun

growan (countable and uncountable, plural growans)

From Cornish growan (“gravel”).
Compare Armorican grouan (“gravel”), Cornish grow (“gravel, sand”).

(UK, mining) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.


perä

perä (nominative singular)
perät (nominative plural)
perä (accusative nominative singular)
perät (accusative nominative plural)
perän (accusative genitive singular)
perät (accusative genitive plural)
perän (genitive singular)
perien (genitive plural)
peräin (genitive plural rare)
perää (partitive singular)
periä (partitive plural)
perässä (inessive singular)
perissä (inessive plural)
perästä (elative singular)
peristä (elative plural)
perään (illative singular)
periin (illative plural)
perällä (adessive singular)
perillä (adessive plural)
perältä (ablative singular)
periltä (ablative plural)
perälle (allative singular)
perille (allative plural)
peränä (essive singular)
perinä (essive plural)
peräksi (singular translative)
periksi (plural translative)
perättä (abessive singular)
perittä (abessive plural)
perin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
peräni (nominative singular)
peräni (nominative plural)
peräni (accusative nominative singular)
peräni (accusative nominative plural)
peräni (accusative genitive singular)
peräni (accusative genitive plural)
peräni (genitive singular)
perieni (genitive plural)
peräini (genitive plural rare)
perääni (partitive singular)
periäni (partitive plural)
perässäni (inessive singular)
perissäni (inessive plural)
perästäni (elative singular)
peristäni (elative plural)
perääni (illative singular)
periini (illative plural)
perälläni (adessive singular)
perilläni (adessive plural)
perältäni (ablative singular)
periltäni (ablative plural)
perälleni (allative singular)
perilleni (allative plural)
peränäni (essive singular)
perinäni (essive plural)
peräkseni (singular translative)
perikseni (plural translative)
perättäni (abessive singular)
perittäni (abessive plural)
perineni (comitative plural)
peräsi (nominative singular)
peräsi (nominative plural)
peräsi (accusative nominative singular)
peräsi (accusative nominative plural)
peräsi (accusative genitive singular)
peräsi (accusative genitive plural)
peräsi (genitive singular)
periesi (genitive plural)
peräisi (genitive plural rare)
perääsi (partitive singular)
periäsi (partitive plural)
perässäsi (inessive singular)
perissäsi (inessive plural)
perästäsi (elative singular)
peristäsi (elative plural)
perääsi (illative singular)
periisi (illative plural)
perälläsi (adessive singular)
perilläsi (adessive plural)
perältäsi (ablative singular)
periltäsi (ablative plural)
perällesi (allative singular)
perillesi (allative plural)
peränäsi (essive singular)
perinäsi (essive plural)
peräksesi (singular translative)
periksesi (plural translative)
perättäsi (abessive singular)
perittäsi (abessive plural)
perinesi (comitative plural)
perämme (nominative singular)
perämme (nominative plural)
perämme (accusative nominative singular)
perämme (accusative nominative plural)
perämme (accusative genitive singular)
perämme (accusative genitive plural)
perämme (genitive singular)
periemme (genitive plural)
peräimme (genitive plural rare)
peräämme (partitive singular)
periämme (partitive plural)
perässämme (inessive singular)
perissämme (inessive plural)
perästämme (elative singular)
peristämme (elative plural)
peräämme (illative singular)
periimme (illative plural)
perällämme (adessive singular)
perillämme (adessive plural)
perältämme (ablative singular)
periltämme (ablative plural)
perällemme (allative singular)
perillemme (allative plural)
peränämme (essive singular)
perinämme (essive plural)
peräksemme (singular translative)
periksemme (plural translative)
perättämme (abessive singular)
perittämme (abessive plural)
perinemme (comitative plural)
peränne (nominative singular)
peränne (nominative plural)
peränne (accusative nominative singular)
peränne (accusative nominative plural)
peränne (accusative genitive singular)
peränne (accusative genitive plural)
peränne (genitive singular)
perienne (genitive plural)
peräinne (genitive plural rare)
peräänne (partitive singular)
periänne (partitive plural)
perässänne (inessive singular)
perissänne (inessive plural)
perästänne (elative singular)
peristänne (elative plural)
peräänne (illative singular)
periinne (illative plural)
perällänne (adessive singular)
perillänne (adessive plural)
perältänne (ablative singular)
periltänne (ablative plural)
perällenne (allative singular)
perillenne (allative plural)
peränänne (essive singular)
perinänne (essive plural)
peräksenne (singular translative)
periksenne (plural translative)
perättänne (abessive singular)
perittänne (abessive plural)
perinenne (comitative plural)
peränsä (nominative singular)
peränsä (nominative plural)
peränsä (accusative nominative singular)
peränsä (accusative nominative plural)
peränsä (accusative genitive singular)
peränsä (accusative genitive plural)
peränsä (genitive singular)
periensä (genitive plural)
peräinsä (genitive plural rare)
peräänsä (partitive singular)
periään (partitive plural)
periänsä (partitive plural)
perässään (inessive singular)
perässänsä (inessive singular)
perissään (inessive plural)
perissänsä (inessive plural)
perästään (elative singular)
perästänsä (elative singular)
peristään (elative plural)
peristänsä (elative plural)
peräänsä (illative singular)
periinsä (illative plural)
perällään (adessive singular)
perällänsä (adessive singular)
perillään (adessive plural)
perillänsä (adessive plural)
perältään (ablative singular)
perältänsä (ablative singular)
periltään (ablative plural)
periltänsä (ablative plural)
perälleen (allative singular)
perällensä (allative singular)
perilleen (allative plural)
perillensä (allative plural)
peränään (essive singular)
peränänsä (essive singular)
perinään (essive plural)
perinänsä (essive plural)
peräkseen (singular translative)
peräksensä (singular translative)
perikseen (plural translative)
periksensä (plural translative)
perättään (abessive singular)
perättänsä (abessive singular)
perittään (abessive plural)
perittänsä (abessive plural)
perineen (comitative plural)
perinensä (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *perä. Cognates include Estonian pära, Karelian perä, Livonian piera, Erzya пря (pŕa, “head”), пиря (piŕa, “wall, head (poetic)”), Komi-Permyak бӧр (bör) and Udmurt бер (ber).


pohja

pohja (nominative singular)
pohjat (nominative plural)
pohja (accusative nominative singular)
pohjat (accusative nominative plural)
pohjan (accusative genitive singular)
pohjat (accusative genitive plural)
pohjan (genitive singular)
pohjien (genitive plural)
pohjain (genitive plural rare)
pohjaa (partitive singular)
pohjia (partitive plural)
pohjassa (inessive singular)
pohjissa (inessive plural)
pohjasta (elative singular)
pohjista (elative plural)
pohjaan (illative singular)
pohjiin (illative plural)
pohjalla (adessive singular)
pohjilla (adessive plural)
pohjalta (ablative singular)
pohjilta (ablative plural)
pohjalle (allative singular)
pohjille (allative plural)
pohjana (essive singular)
pohjina (essive plural)
pohjaksi (singular translative)
pohjiksi (plural translative)
pohjatta (abessive singular)
pohjitta (abessive plural)
pohjin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
pohjani (nominative singular)
pohjani (nominative plural)
pohjani (accusative nominative singular)
pohjani (accusative nominative plural)
pohjani (accusative genitive singular)
pohjani (accusative genitive plural)
pohjani (genitive singular)
pohjieni (genitive plural)
pohjaini (genitive plural rare)
pohjaani (partitive singular)
pohjiani (partitive plural)
pohjassani (inessive singular)
pohjissani (inessive plural)
pohjastani (elative singular)
pohjistani (elative plural)
pohjaani (illative singular)
pohjiini (illative plural)
pohjallani (adessive singular)
pohjillani (adessive plural)
pohjaltani (ablative singular)
pohjiltani (ablative plural)
pohjalleni (allative singular)
pohjilleni (allative plural)
pohjanani (essive singular)
pohjinani (essive plural)
pohjakseni (singular translative)
pohjikseni (plural translative)
pohjattani (abessive singular)
pohjittani (abessive plural)
pohjineni (comitative plural)
pohjasi (nominative singular)
pohjasi (nominative plural)
pohjasi (accusative nominative singular)
pohjasi (accusative nominative plural)
pohjasi (accusative genitive singular)
pohjasi (accusative genitive plural)
pohjasi (genitive singular)
pohjiesi (genitive plural)
pohjaisi (genitive plural rare)
pohjaasi (partitive singular)
pohjiasi (partitive plural)
pohjassasi (inessive singular)
pohjissasi (inessive plural)
pohjastasi (elative singular)
pohjistasi (elative plural)
pohjaasi (illative singular)
pohjiisi (illative plural)
pohjallasi (adessive singular)
pohjillasi (adessive plural)
pohjaltasi (ablative singular)
pohjiltasi (ablative plural)
pohjallesi (allative singular)
pohjillesi (allative plural)
pohjanasi (essive singular)
pohjinasi (essive plural)
pohjaksesi (singular translative)
pohjiksesi (plural translative)
pohjattasi (abessive singular)
pohjittasi (abessive plural)
pohjinesi (comitative plural)
pohjamme (nominative singular)
pohjamme (nominative plural)
pohjamme (accusative nominative singular)
pohjamme (accusative nominative plural)
pohjamme (accusative genitive singular)
pohjamme (accusative genitive plural)
pohjamme (genitive singular)
pohjiemme (genitive plural)
pohjaimme (genitive plural rare)
pohjaamme (partitive singular)
pohjiamme (partitive plural)
pohjassamme (inessive singular)
pohjissamme (inessive plural)
pohjastamme (elative singular)
pohjistamme (elative plural)
pohjaamme (illative singular)
pohjiimme (illative plural)
pohjallamme (adessive singular)
pohjillamme (adessive plural)
pohjaltamme (ablative singular)
pohjiltamme (ablative plural)
pohjallemme (allative singular)
pohjillemme (allative plural)
pohjanamme (essive singular)
pohjinamme (essive plural)
pohjaksemme (singular translative)
pohjiksemme (plural translative)
pohjattamme (abessive singular)
pohjittamme (abessive plural)
pohjinemme (comitative plural)
pohjanne (nominative singular)
pohjanne (nominative plural)
pohjanne (accusative nominative singular)
pohjanne (accusative nominative plural)
pohjanne (accusative genitive singular)
pohjanne (accusative genitive plural)
pohjanne (genitive singular)
pohjienne (genitive plural)
pohjainne (genitive plural rare)
pohjaanne (partitive singular)
pohjianne (partitive plural)
pohjassanne (inessive singular)
pohjissanne (inessive plural)
pohjastanne (elative singular)
pohjistanne (elative plural)
pohjaanne (illative singular)
pohjiinne (illative plural)
pohjallanne (adessive singular)
pohjillanne (adessive plural)
pohjaltanne (ablative singular)
pohjiltanne (ablative plural)
pohjallenne (allative singular)
pohjillenne (allative plural)
pohjananne (essive singular)
pohjinanne (essive plural)
pohjaksenne (singular translative)
pohjiksenne (plural translative)
pohjattanne (abessive singular)
pohjittanne (abessive plural)
pohjinenne (comitative plural)
pohjansa (nominative singular)
pohjansa (nominative plural)
pohjansa (accusative nominative singular)
pohjansa (accusative nominative plural)
pohjansa (accusative genitive singular)
pohjansa (accusative genitive plural)
pohjansa (genitive singular)
pohjiensa (genitive plural)
pohjainsa (genitive plural rare)
pohjaansa (partitive singular)
pohjiaan (partitive plural)
pohjiansa (partitive plural)
pohjassaan (inessive singular)
pohjassansa (inessive singular)
pohjissaan (inessive plural)
pohjissansa (inessive plural)
pohjastaan (elative singular)
pohjastansa (elative singular)
pohjistaan (elative plural)
pohjistansa (elative plural)
pohjaansa (illative singular)
pohjiinsa (illative plural)
pohjallaan (adessive singular)
pohjallansa (adessive singular)
pohjillaan (adessive plural)
pohjillansa (adessive plural)
pohjaltaan (ablative singular)
pohjaltansa (ablative singular)
pohjiltaan (ablative plural)
pohjiltansa (ablative plural)
pohjalleen (allative singular)
pohjallensa (allative singular)
pohjilleen (allative plural)
pohjillensa (allative plural)
pohjanaan (essive singular)
pohjanansa (essive singular)
pohjinaan (essive plural)
pohjinansa (essive plural)
pohjakseen (singular translative)
pohjaksensa (singular translative)
pohjikseen (plural translative)
pohjiksensa (plural translative)
pohjattaan (abessive singular)
pohjattansa (abessive singular)
pohjittaan (abessive plural)
pohjittansa (abessive plural)
pohjineen (comitative plural)
pohjinensa (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *pohja (compare Estonian põhi); see the Proto-Finnic entry for more. Doublet of posio (borrowed from Sami).
The sense "north" is due to the practice of building dwellings facing south (as that was the direction the sun would shine from at noon in Northern Europe), and thus the far end of a building furthest from the entrance would be situated towards the north.

(mining) bottom, invert (base of a tunnel)


depletion

depletion (countable and uncountable, plural depletions)

Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from depleō.

stimulated emission depletion microscope

stimulated emission depletion microscopy

(accounting, mining, timber, petroleum) gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.


activator

activators (plural)
activater (alternative)

continuous erythropoietin receptor activator

(mining) An agent that enables the flotation of a mineral or minerals.


collaring

collaring (countable and uncountable, plural collarings)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-collaring.wav

(mining) A piece of wood or iron for securing the pumps in a mineshaft.


fango

→ English: fango (learned)

→ Romanian: fango (learned)

From Vulgar Latin *fangus ~ *fanga (“mud”) of Germanic origin, see there for more. Compare French fange f and Spanish fango m.


prill

Unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl (“sheep-droppings”) as a likely loan from English.


Dudley

Dudleys (plural)
Dowdall (alternative surname)

From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".

[…] miner dreamt of the day when he could throw away his Dudley and his pit boots.

1983, Official Report of the Standing Committees: Session, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, page 77:

(mining) A miner's container for water for drinking.


Stempel

de-noun

Stempel m (strong, genitive Stempels, plural Stempel)

Stempels (genitive)
Stempel (plural)
Stempel (nominative singular)
Stempel (definite nominative plural)
Stempels (genitive singular)
Stempel (definite genitive plural)
Stempel (dative singular)
Stempeln (dative definite plural)
Stempel (accusative singular)
Stempel (accusative definite plural)

Low German and Central German in form (Middle Low German stempel). This northern form replaces Middle High German stempfel from Old High German stemphal. Pertaining to stampfen (“to stamp”).


prospect

en-verb

prospect (third-person singular simple present prospects, present participle prospecting, simple past and past participle prospected)

prospects (present singular third-person)
prospecting (participle present)
prospected (participle past)
prospected (past)

From Latin prospectus, past participle of prospicere (“to look forward”), from pro (“before, forward”) + specere, spicere (“to look, to see”), equivalent to pro- + -spect. Doublet of prospectus.

(geology, mining) To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.

تَنْقِيْب

to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location


monta

(mining) "beginning of the ramp or exploitation from its access such as a chimney or well"


ribbed

(mining) intercalated with slate; said of a seam of coal.


headsman

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-headsman.wav

From Middle English heddysman, equivalent to head + -s- + -man. Cognate with Scots hedisman, heidisman (“head man; chief; commander”). Compare also Danish høvedsmand (“captain”), Swedish hövitsman (“captain”), Icelandic höfuðsmaður (“captain”), German Hauptmann (“captain”).

(mining, historical) A labourer in a colliery who transports the coal from the workings to the horseway, and who is oftentimes assisted by a younger worker called a foal.


dropper

(mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.


stempel

Borrowed from Low German Stempel or Dutch stempel, akin to Old English stempan (“to stamp”), all from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to compress, squeeze, stamp”).

der

(mining) A shelf set into a mineshaft for storing waste material, or for use as a step or support.


stempel

stempelek (diminutive)
stempel (nominative singular)
stemple (nominative plural)
stempla (genitive singular)
stempli (genitive plural)
stemplowi (dative singular)
stemplom (dative plural)
stempel (accusative singular)
stemple (accusative plural)
stemplem (instrumental singular)
stemplami (instrumental plural)
stemplu (locative singular)
stemplach (locative plural)
stemplu (singular vocative)
stemple (plural vocative)
sztępel (alternative)

Borrowed from German Stempel. Doublet of sztępel.


cathead

catheads (plural)
cat-head (alternative)

The noun is derived from cat + head.
Sense 1.1 (“heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured”) is from the fact that such a timber traditionally had a cat or lion’s head carved on its end. Sense 4 (“ellipsis of cathead biscuit”) is apparently from the fact that the biscuit is similar in size to a cat’s head.
The verb is derived from the noun.

(technology, chiefly mining) A (small) capstan (“vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc.”) or windlass (“type of winch”) forming part of hoisting machinery.


splint

From Middle English splint, splent, splente, from Middle Low German splinte, splente or Middle Dutch splint, splinte. Cognate with Old High German splinza (“bar, bolt, latch”). All ultimately from Proto-Germanic *splintǭ, *splintō (“piece of wood, splinter”), from Proto-Germanic *splint-, *splind- (“to split”), from a nasalized form of *splītaną (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).


pricking

en-noun

pricking (countable and uncountable, plural prickings)

No better material can be used than seggar or underclay prickings

1906, George Mitcheson Bailes, Modern Mining Practice:


grubstake

grubstakes (plural)
grub-stake (alternative)

I've been through hell. The other three are all at work and healthy, getting grub-stake to prospect up White River this winter.

1918, Jack London, Like Argus of the Ancient Times:

(mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.


cobbing

cobbing (countable and uncountable, plural cobbings)

It is, therefore, always so arranged that the dressing progresses gradually through all the operations, beginning in the mine and ending with the cobbing, or, as the case may be. with the concentration.

1868, Guido Küstel, A Treatise on Concentration of All Kinds of Ores, page 28:

To-day, however, cobbing is still an important operation, carried out with a three-fold purpose: first, to separate pure masses of different minerals from one another and from adhereing pieces of gangue, preparing them at once for the market with qa minimum loss from comminution; secondly, to separate several classes of crussing ores according to the predominance of one or the other of the different minerals they contains; and lastly, to produce a classification according to the nature of the gangue.

1884, Wheaton Bradish Kunhardt, The Practice of Ore Dressing in Europe, page 19:

Wheeler provides greater detail on ore treatment, such as traditional cobbing and sorting methods.

2018, Hailian Chen, Zinc for Coin and Brass, page 458:

(mining) The manual separation of minerals in ore using a hammer.


jigging

(mining) The act of using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.


aspa

→ Catalan: aspa


lum

lums (plural)
lumb (alternative)
lumbe (alternative)

Borrowed from Scots lum, Early Scots lumb; further etymology uncertain, but probably from Cumbric *lumon, related to Welsh llumon (“chimney”) (obsolete), from Proto-Celtic *loimono. Possibly at least influenced by Old French lum (“light”), lume (“cooking fire”) (compare French lumière (“light; cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ, lumen; opening”)), from Latin lūmen (“light; light source; opening through which light can penetrate such as an air-hole or window; opening or orifice in a water-pipe or funnel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”).

der

A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.

(specifically, mining) A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.


բնակտոր

bnaktor (romanization)
բնակտոր (nominative singular)
բնակտորներ (nominative plural)
բնակտորի (dative singular)
բնակտորների (dative plural)
բնակտորից (ablative singular)
բնակտորներից (ablative plural)
բնակտորով (instrumental singular)
բնակտորներով (instrumental plural)
բնակտորում (locative singular)
բնակտորներում (locative plural)
բնակտորը (definite nominative singular)
բնակտորն (definite nominative singular)
բնակտորները (definite nominative plural)
բնակտորներն (definite nominative plural)
բնակտորին (dative definite singular)
բնակտորներին (dative definite plural)
բնակտորս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
բնակտորներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
բնակտորիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
բնակտորներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
բնակտորիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
բնակտորներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
բնակտորովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
բնակտորներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
բնակտորումս (first-person locative possessive singular)
բնակտորներումս (first-person locative plural possessive)
բնակտորդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
բնակտորներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
բնակտորիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
բնակտորներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
բնակտորիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
բնակտորներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
բնակտորովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
բնակտորներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)
բնակտորումդ (locative possessive second-person singular)
բնակտորներումդ (locative plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

բնակտորը / բնակտորն

բնակտորները / բնակտորներն

բնակտորներին

բնակտորներից

բնակտորներով

բնակտորներում

բնակտորներիս

բնակտորներիցս

բնակտորներովս

բնակտորներումս

բնակտորներիդ

բնակտորներիցդ

բնակտորներովդ

բնակտորներումդ

/pənɑɡəˈdoɾ/

[pʰənɑɡədóɾ]

Hy-բնակտոր.ogg


elven

→ English: elvan

From Etymology 1, because the hard rock could be struck to spark fire.

(mining) elvan/elvanite, a type of igneous rock


costean

From Cornish cothas (“dropped”) + sten (“tin”).

(mining) A trench in solid rock intersected by pits which reveals mineral veins.


costean

en-verb

costean (third-person singular simple present costeans, present participle costeaning, simple past and past participle costeaned)

costeans (present singular third-person)
costeaning (participle present)
costeaned (participle past)
costeaned (past)

(mining) To search for lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all the veins between the two pits.


prospectar

pt-verb

prospectar (first-person singular present prospecto, first-person singular preterite prospectei, past participle prospectado)

tlb

(Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

prospecto (first-person present singular)
prospectei (first-person preterite singular)
prospectado (participle past)
prospectar (impersonal infinitive)
prospectar (first-person infinitive singular)
prospectares (infinitive second-person singular)
prospectar (infinitive singular third-person)
prospectarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
prospectardes (infinitive plural second-person)
prospectarem (infinitive plural third-person)
prospectando (gerund)
prospectado (masculine participle past singular)
prospectados (masculine participle past plural)
prospectada (feminine participle past singular)
prospectadas (feminine participle past plural)
prospecto (first-person indicative present singular)
prospectas (indicative present second-person singular)
prospecta (indicative present singular third-person)
prospectamos (first-person indicative plural present)
prospectais (indicative plural present second-person)
prospectam (indicative plural present third-person)
prospectava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
prospectavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prospectava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prospectávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prospectáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
prospectavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prospectei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
prospectaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
prospectou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
prospectamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
prospectámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
prospectastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
prospectaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
prospectara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
prospectaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
prospectara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
prospectáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
prospectáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
prospectaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
prospectarei (first-person future indicative singular)
prospectarás (future indicative second-person singular)
prospectará (future indicative singular third-person)
prospectaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
prospectareis (future indicative plural second-person)
prospectarão (future indicative plural third-person)
prospectaria (conditional first-person singular)
prospectarias (conditional second-person singular)
prospectaria (conditional singular third-person)
prospectaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
prospectaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
prospectariam (conditional plural third-person)
prospecte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
prospectes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
prospecte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
prospectemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
prospecteis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
prospectem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
prospectasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prospectasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prospectasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prospectássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prospectásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prospectassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prospectar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
prospectares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
prospectar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
prospectarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
prospectardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
prospectarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
prospecta (imperative second-person singular)
prospecte (imperative singular third-person)
prospectemos (first-person imperative plural)
prospectai (imperative plural second-person)
prospectem (imperative plural third-person)
não prospectes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não prospecte (imperative negative singular third-person)
não prospectemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não prospecteis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não prospectem (imperative negative plural third-person)
prospetar (alternative Portugal)

(geology, mining) to prospect (to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location)


sondar

head

sondar (present tense sondas, past tense sondis, future tense sondos, imperative sondez, conditional sondus)

sondas (present)
sondis (past)
tense sondos (future)
sondez (imperative)
sondus (conditional)
sondar (infinitive present)
sondir (infinitive past)
sondor (future infinitive)
sondas (present)
sondis (past)
sondos (future)
sondus (conditional present)
sondez (imperative present)
sondanta (active adjective participle present)
sondinta (active adjective participle past)
sondonta (active adjective future participle)
sondante (active adverbial participle present)
sondinte (active adverbial participle past)
sondonte (active adverbial future participle)
sondanto (active noun-from-verb participle present singular)
sondinto (active noun-from-verb participle past singular)
sondonto (active future noun-from-verb participle singular)
sondanti (active noun-from-verb participle plural present)
sondinti (active noun-from-verb participle past plural)
sondonti (active future noun-from-verb participle plural)
sondata (adjectival participle passive present)
sondita (adjectival participle passive past)
sondota (adjectival future participle passive)
sondate (adverbial participle passive present)
sondite (adverbial participle passive past)
sondote (adverbial future participle passive)
sondato (noun-from-verb participle passive present singular)
sondito (noun-from-verb participle passive past singular)
sondoto (future noun-from-verb participle passive singular)
sondati (noun-from-verb participle passive plural present)
sonditi (noun-from-verb participle passive past plural)
sondoti (future noun-from-verb participle passive plural)

Borrowing from English sound, French sonder, German sondieren, Italian sondare, Russian зонди́ровать (zondírovatʹ) and Spanish sondear.

bor

зонди́ровать

sondilo

soundingn line, soundingn lead; probe; sound


wagoner

wagoners (plural)
waggoner (alternative)
wagonner (alternative)

(mining) One who transports the mined material away from the face in wagons.


muten

de-verb

muten (weak, third-person singular present mutet, past tense mutete, past participle gemutet, auxiliary haben)

mutet (present singular third-person)
mutete (past)
gemutet (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)

From Middle High German muoten, from Old High German muoten, muotôn.

(transitive, mining) to apply for a mining concession


jechać

pl-verb

jechać impf (determinate, perfective pojechać, indeterminate jeździć)

pojechać (perfective)
jeździć (indeterminate)
jechać (infinitive)
jadę (present singular)
jedziemy (plural present)
jedziesz (present singular)
jedziecie (plural present)
jedzie (present singular third-person)
jadą (plural present third-person)
jedzie się (impersonal present)
jechałem (masculine past singular)
-(e)m jechał (masculine past singular)
jechałam (feminine past singular)
-(e)m jechała (feminine past singular)
jechałom (neuter past singular)
-(e)m jechało (neuter past singular)
jechaliśmy (past plural virile)
-(e)śmy jechali (past plural virile)
jechałyśmy (nonvirile past plural)
-(e)śmy jechały (nonvirile past plural)
jechałeś (masculine past singular)
-(e)ś jechał (masculine past singular)
jechałaś (feminine past singular)
-(e)ś jechała (feminine past singular)
jechałoś (neuter past singular)
-(e)ś jechało (neuter past singular)
jechaliście (past plural virile)
-(e)ście jechali (past plural virile)
jechałyście (nonvirile past plural)
-(e)ście jechały (nonvirile past plural)
jechał (masculine past singular third-person)
jechała (feminine past singular third-person)
jechało (neuter past singular third-person)
jechali (past plural third-person virile)
jechały (nonvirile past plural third-person)
jechano (impersonal past)
będę jechał (future masculine singular)
będę jechać (future masculine singular)
będę jechała (feminine future singular)
będę jechać (feminine future singular)
będę jechało (future neuter singular)
będę jechać (future neuter singular)
będziemy jechali (future plural virile)
będziemy jechać (future plural virile)
będziemy jechały (future nonvirile plural)
będziemy jechać (future nonvirile plural)
będziesz jechał (future masculine singular)
będziesz jechać (future masculine singular)
będziesz jechała (feminine future singular)
będziesz jechać (feminine future singular)
będziesz jechało (future neuter singular)
będziesz jechać (future neuter singular)
będziecie jechali (future plural virile)
będziecie jechać (future plural virile)
będziecie jechały (future nonvirile plural)
będziecie jechać (future nonvirile plural)
będzie jechał (future masculine singular third-person)
będzie jechać (future masculine singular third-person)
będzie jechała (feminine future singular third-person)
będzie jechać (feminine future singular third-person)
będzie jechało (future neuter singular third-person)
będzie jechać (future neuter singular third-person)
będą jechali (future plural third-person virile)
będą jechać (future plural third-person virile)
będą jechały (future nonvirile plural third-person)
będą jechać (future nonvirile plural third-person)
będzie jechać się (future impersonal)
jechałbym (conditional masculine singular)
bym jechał (conditional masculine singular)
jechałabym (conditional feminine singular)
bym jechała (conditional feminine singular)
jechałobym (conditional neuter singular)
bym jechało (conditional neuter singular)
jechalibyśmy (conditional plural virile)
byśmy jechali (conditional plural virile)
jechałybyśmy (conditional nonvirile plural)
byśmy jechały (conditional nonvirile plural)
jechałbyś (conditional masculine singular)
byś jechał (conditional masculine singular)
jechałabyś (conditional feminine singular)
byś jechała (conditional feminine singular)
jechałobyś (conditional neuter singular)
byś jechało (conditional neuter singular)
jechalibyście (conditional plural virile)
byście jechali (conditional plural virile)
jechałybyście (conditional nonvirile plural)
byście jechały (conditional nonvirile plural)
jechałby (conditional masculine singular third-person)
by jechał (conditional masculine singular third-person)
jechałaby (conditional feminine singular third-person)
by jechała (conditional feminine singular third-person)
jechałoby (conditional neuter singular third-person)
by jechało (conditional neuter singular third-person)
jechaliby (conditional plural third-person virile)
by jechali (conditional plural third-person virile)
jechałyby (conditional nonvirile plural third-person)
by jechały (conditional nonvirile plural third-person)
jechano by (conditional impersonal)
niech jadę (imperative singular)
jedźmy (imperative plural)
jedź (imperative singular)
jedźcie (imperative plural)
niech jedzie (imperative singular third-person)
niech jadą (imperative plural third-person)
jadący (active adjectival masculine participle singular)
jadąca (active adjectival feminine participle singular)
jadące (active adjectival neuter participle singular)
jadący (active adjectival participle plural virile)
jadące (active adjectival nonvirile participle plural)
jadąc (adjectival contemporary participle)
jechanie (noun-from-verb)
jachać (alternative)

(intransitive, obsolete, mining) to walk in a mine


brakeman

(mining, historical) A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine.


farmor

(mining) An owner of oil or gas leases that exchanges part of them to a farmee for services.


screener

(mining, historical) A person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities.


cuddy

Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction from Dutch kajuit (“cabin”).

(UK, mining) A pony that works in a mine.


horse

en-noun

horse (countable and uncountable, plural horses)

horses (plural)
hoss (alternative pronunciation-spelling regional)
hawss (alternative pronunciation-spelling regional)

Sranan Tongo: asi

→ Maori: hōiho

→ Quiripi: hosses (from the plural horses)

From Middle English horse, hors, from Old English hors (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hors, *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of car and carrus. Cognate with North Frisian hors (“horse”), West Frisian hoars (“horse”), Dutch ros, hors (“horse”), German Ross (“horse”), Danish hors (“horse”), Swedish russ, hors (“horse”), Icelandic hross, hors (“horse”).

a camel is a horse designed by a committee

a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse

close the barn door after the horse has bolted

close the stable door after the horse has been stolen

close the stable door after the horse has bolted

lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen

lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

shut the stable door after the horse has bolted

you can't put the shit back in the horse

zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

Also Horse harness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See Horse-drawn vehicles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Note: Many of these were adapted into and/or gave their names to motor vehicle types

with the horse-drawn originals often being forgotten.

(mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.


firedamp

firedamp (usually uncountable, plural firedamps)

firedamps (plural)
fire damp (alternative)
fire-damp (alternative)

From fire + damp with 'damp' not in the usual sense of 'moist' but old German, modern Dutch, Danish 'damp' as steam or vapour, hence a gas liable to catch fire.

(mining) An inflammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.


raakku

raakku (nominative singular)
raakut (nominative plural)
raakku (accusative nominative singular)
raakut (accusative nominative plural)
raakun (accusative genitive singular)
raakut (accusative genitive plural)
raakun (genitive singular)
raakkujen (genitive plural)
raakkua (partitive singular)
raakkuja (partitive plural)
raakussa (inessive singular)
raakuissa (inessive plural)
raakusta (elative singular)
raakuista (elative plural)
raakkuun (illative singular)
raakkuihin (illative plural)
raakulla (adessive singular)
raakuilla (adessive plural)
raakulta (ablative singular)
raakuilta (ablative plural)
raakulle (allative singular)
raakuille (allative plural)
raakkuna (essive singular)
raakkuina (essive plural)
raakuksi (singular translative)
raakuiksi (plural translative)
raakutta (abessive singular)
raakuitta (abessive plural)
raakuin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
raakkuni (nominative singular)
raakkuni (nominative plural)
raakkuni (accusative nominative singular)
raakkuni (accusative nominative plural)
raakkuni (accusative genitive singular)
raakkuni (accusative genitive plural)
raakkuni (genitive singular)
raakkujeni (genitive plural)
raakkuani (partitive singular)
raakkujani (partitive plural)
raakussani (inessive singular)
raakuissani (inessive plural)
raakustani (elative singular)
raakuistani (elative plural)
raakkuuni (illative singular)
raakkuihini (illative plural)
raakullani (adessive singular)
raakuillani (adessive plural)
raakultani (ablative singular)
raakuiltani (ablative plural)
raakulleni (allative singular)
raakuilleni (allative plural)
raakkunani (essive singular)
raakkuinani (essive plural)
raakukseni (singular translative)
raakuikseni (plural translative)
raakuttani (abessive singular)
raakuittani (abessive plural)
raakkuineni (comitative plural)
raakkusi (nominative singular)
raakkusi (nominative plural)
raakkusi (accusative nominative singular)
raakkusi (accusative nominative plural)
raakkusi (accusative genitive singular)
raakkusi (accusative genitive plural)
raakkusi (genitive singular)
raakkujesi (genitive plural)
raakkuasi (partitive singular)
raakkujasi (partitive plural)
raakussasi (inessive singular)
raakuissasi (inessive plural)
raakustasi (elative singular)
raakuistasi (elative plural)
raakkuusi (illative singular)
raakkuihisi (illative plural)
raakullasi (adessive singular)
raakuillasi (adessive plural)
raakultasi (ablative singular)
raakuiltasi (ablative plural)
raakullesi (allative singular)
raakuillesi (allative plural)
raakkunasi (essive singular)
raakkuinasi (essive plural)
raakuksesi (singular translative)
raakuiksesi (plural translative)
raakuttasi (abessive singular)
raakuittasi (abessive plural)
raakkuinesi (comitative plural)
raakkumme (nominative singular)
raakkumme (nominative plural)
raakkumme (accusative nominative singular)
raakkumme (accusative nominative plural)
raakkumme (accusative genitive singular)
raakkumme (accusative genitive plural)
raakkumme (genitive singular)
raakkujemme (genitive plural)
raakkuamme (partitive singular)
raakkujamme (partitive plural)
raakussamme (inessive singular)
raakuissamme (inessive plural)
raakustamme (elative singular)
raakuistamme (elative plural)
raakkuumme (illative singular)
raakkuihimme (illative plural)
raakullamme (adessive singular)
raakuillamme (adessive plural)
raakultamme (ablative singular)
raakuiltamme (ablative plural)
raakullemme (allative singular)
raakuillemme (allative plural)
raakkunamme (essive singular)
raakkuinamme (essive plural)
raakuksemme (singular translative)
raakuiksemme (plural translative)
raakuttamme (abessive singular)
raakuittamme (abessive plural)
raakkuinemme (comitative plural)
raakkunne (nominative singular)
raakkunne (nominative plural)
raakkunne (accusative nominative singular)
raakkunne (accusative nominative plural)
raakkunne (accusative genitive singular)
raakkunne (accusative genitive plural)
raakkunne (genitive singular)
raakkujenne (genitive plural)
raakkuanne (partitive singular)
raakkujanne (partitive plural)
raakussanne (inessive singular)
raakuissanne (inessive plural)
raakustanne (elative singular)
raakuistanne (elative plural)
raakkuunne (illative singular)
raakkuihinne (illative plural)
raakullanne (adessive singular)
raakuillanne (adessive plural)
raakultanne (ablative singular)
raakuiltanne (ablative plural)
raakullenne (allative singular)
raakuillenne (allative plural)
raakkunanne (essive singular)
raakkuinanne (essive plural)
raakuksenne (singular translative)
raakuiksenne (plural translative)
raakuttanne (abessive singular)
raakuittanne (abessive plural)
raakkuinenne (comitative plural)
raakkunsa (nominative singular)
raakkunsa (nominative plural)
raakkunsa (accusative nominative singular)
raakkunsa (accusative nominative plural)
raakkunsa (accusative genitive singular)
raakkunsa (accusative genitive plural)
raakkunsa (genitive singular)
raakkujensa (genitive plural)
raakkuaan (partitive singular)
raakkuansa (partitive singular)
raakkujaan (partitive plural)
raakkujansa (partitive plural)
raakussaan (inessive singular)
raakussansa (inessive singular)
raakuissaan (inessive plural)
raakuissansa (inessive plural)
raakustaan (elative singular)
raakustansa (elative singular)
raakuistaan (elative plural)
raakuistansa (elative plural)
raakkuunsa (illative singular)
raakkuihinsa (illative plural)
raakullaan (adessive singular)
raakullansa (adessive singular)
raakuillaan (adessive plural)
raakuillansa (adessive plural)
raakultaan (ablative singular)
raakultansa (ablative singular)
raakuiltaan (ablative plural)
raakuiltansa (ablative plural)
raakulleen (allative singular)
raakullensa (allative singular)
raakuilleen (allative plural)
raakuillensa (allative plural)
raakkunaan (essive singular)
raakkunansa (essive singular)
raakkuinaan (essive plural)
raakkuinansa (essive plural)
raakukseen (singular translative)
raakuksensa (singular translative)
raakuikseen (plural translative)
raakuiksensa (plural translative)
raakuttaan (abessive singular)
raakuttansa (abessive singular)
raakuittaan (abessive plural)
raakuittansa (abessive plural)
raakkuineen (comitative plural)
raakkuinensa (comitative plural)

Possibly from Swedish vraka (“to abandon, discard”).