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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mine \Mine\, n. [F.]
See {Mien}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mine \Mine\, pron. & a. [OE. min, fr AS m[=i]n; akin to D.
mijn, OS., OFries., & OHG. m[=i]n, G. mein, Sw & Dan. min,
Icel. minn, Goth. meins my mine, meina of me and E. me
????. See {Me}, and cf {My}.]
Belonging to me my Used as a pronominal to me my Used as
a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as ``Vengeance is
mine; I will repay.'' --Rom. xii. 19. Also in the old style,
used attributively, instead of my before a noun beginning
with a vowel.
I kept myself from mine iniquity. --Ps. xviii.
23.
Note: Mine is often used absolutely, the thing possessed
being understood; as his son is in the army, mine in
the navy.
When a man deceives me once, says the Italian
proverb, it is his fault; when twice, it is mine.
--Bp. Horne.
This title honors me and mine. --Shak.
She shall have me and mine. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mine \Mine\, n. [F., fr LL mina. See {Mine}, v. i.]
1. A subterranean cavity or passage; especially:
a A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic
ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral
substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from
the pits from which stones for architectural purposes
are taken and which are called quarries.
b (Mil.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification
or other work for the purpose of blowing up the
superstructure with some explosive agent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mine \Mine\, v. i. [F. miner, L. minare to drive animals, in LL
also to lead, conduct, dig a mine (cf. E. lode, and lead to
conduct), akin to L. minari to threaten; cf Sp mina mine,
conduit, subterraneous canal, a spring or source of water,
It mina. See {Menace}, and cf {Mien}.]
1. To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals,
coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the
earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under
anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or
otherwise.
2. To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or
lodge in the earth; as the mining cony.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mine \Mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mined}; p. pr & vb n.
{Mining}.]
1. To dig away or otherwise remove, the substratum or
foundation of to lay a mine under to sap; to undermine;
hence to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means
They mined the walls. --Hayward.
Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the
spoilers . . . had mined them and placed a quantity
of gunpowder in the cavity. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To dig into for ore or metal.
Lead veins have been traced . . . but they have not
been mined. --Ure.
3. To get as metals, out of the earth by digging.
The principal ore mined there is the bituminous
cinnabar. --Ure.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mine
n 1: a excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are
extracted
2: a device that explodes on contact designed to destroy
vehicles or ships or kill personnel
v 1: get from the earth; of ores and metals
2: lay mines; "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Mine
The process of mining is described in Job 28:1-11. Moses speaks
of the mineral wealth of Palestine (Deut. 8:9). Job 28:4 is
rightly thus rendered in the Revised Version, "He breaketh open
a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the
foot [that passeth by]; they hang afar from men, they swing to
and fro." These words illustrate ancient mining operations.
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
MINE, adj Belonging to me if I can hold or seize it
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