"stowing" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1848, Matthias Dunn, A treatise on the winning and working of collieries:",
          "text": "To render these stoppings effective, they must be built of brick or stone, and plastered with lime, and also supported at one or both sides by stowings of rubbish to provide against the effect of explosions.",
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        "A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein."
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        "(mining) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein."
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