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colliery |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Colliery \Col"lier*y\, n.; pl {Collieries}. [Cf. {Coalery}, {Collier}.] 1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it 2. The coal trade [Obs.] --Johnson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: colliery n : a coal mine and all the buildings and equipment connected with it [syn: {pit}]
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