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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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mining \Min"ing\, n. [See {Mine}, v. i.]
The act or business of making mines or of working them
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mining \Min"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to mines; as mining engineer; mining
machinery; a mining region.
{Mining engineering}. See the Note under {Engineering}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mining
n 1: the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth [syn:
{excavation}]
2: laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy
personnel and equipment [syn: {minelaying}]
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