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  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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