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miner |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Miner \Min"er\, n. [Cf. F. mineur.] 1. One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as armies have sappers and miners. 2. (Zo["o]l.) a Any of numerous insects which in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies. b The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia ({Myzantha garrula}). {Miner's elbow} (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in miners. {Miner's inch}, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the quantity of water supplied. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: miner n : laborer who works in a mine [syn: {mineworker}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Miner, MO (city, FIPS 48656) Location: 36.89383 N, 89.53460 W Population (1990): 1218 (483 housing units) Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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