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choke-damp
choke-damp (ˈtʃəʊkˌdæmp) [f. choke- + damp.] A miner's term for the carbonic acid gas (or air largely mixed therewith) which accumulates in old workings in coal-pits, and at the bottom of wells, quarries, and caves; after an explosion in a coal-mine, it often rises and mingling with the remaining ni... Oxford English Dictionary
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choke-
choke- in comb. [the stem of the vb.] 1. a. in attributive relation to a n. = ‘choking, that chokes’: as choke-ball, choke-muddle; choke-cymbal (see quots. 1934 and 1938); also, a cymbal that is ‘choked’ (see choke v. 10 b); choke-strap, a strap which connects the collar with the belly-band, and kee... Oxford English Dictionary
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Udston mining disaster
Five of the men in the main coal shaft died of choke-damp arising from the Splint Coal. wikipedia.org
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styth
▪ I. stythe, styth dial. (staɪð, staɪθ) Also 8 stith, 9 stithe. [Of obscure origin; perh. altered from *stive cogn. w. stive v.3] 1. Foul air in a mine; = choke-damp.1708 J. C. Compl. Collier (1845) 23 He may loose his Life by Styth, which is a sort of bad foul Air. 1765 Phil. Trans. LV. 240 The cho... Oxford English Dictionary
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Factitious airs
sylvestris aerial acid acid of air luft-saeure carbonic anhydride Gas acide carbonique Gas carbonicum chalky acid acid of chalk kriedesaeure kohlensaeures gas choke-damp wikipedia.org
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suffocating
ˈsuffocating, ppl. a. [-ing2.] 1. That causes suffocation; stifling.1604 Shakes. Oth. iii. iii. 389 If there be Cords, or Kniues, Poyson, or Fire, or suffocating streames, Ile not indure it. 1667 Phil. Trans. II. 416 The hot winds blowing..with such a suffocating heat. 1764 Harmer Observ. i. §16. 39... Oxford English Dictionary
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explosibility
explosibility (ɛkspləʊzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ) [f. explosible: see -ity.] Liability to explode.1879 Mind IV. 335 All the other peculiarities both of choke-damp and of suffocation, such as convulsions and agony on the one hand, density and explosibility on the other. 1909 C. A. Keane Mod. Org. Chem. 315 This condi... Oxford English Dictionary
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damp
▪ I. damp, n.1 (dæmp) In 5 domp. [Corresponds with MLG. and mod.Du. and Da. damp vapour, steam, smoke, mod.Icel. dampr steam, MHG. dampf, tampf, mod.Ger. dampf vapour, steam; cf. also Sw. damb dust. The word is not known in the earlier stages of the languages, and its history in Eng. before its appe... Oxford English Dictionary
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surfeit
▪ I. surfeit, n. (ˈsɜːfɪt) Forms: 4 surfeyte, sorfait, 4–5 surfaite, -feet, sorfete, 4–6 surfait, 4–8 surfet, 5 -fayte, -fett, -ffete, -phette, 5–6 -fete, -fette, 6 -fayt, -ffet, -fyt, -fecte, Sc. -phat, 6–7 surfit, 7 -ffett, 6– surfeit. [a. OF. sor-, surfait, -fet excess, surplus, = Pr. sobrefach:—... Oxford English Dictionary
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after-
after- in comb. is used in various relations prepositional, adverbial, and adjectival, not always easy to separate, and in various senses. In some of these the combination is very loose, the use of the hyphen being mainly syntactical, i.e. to show that the grammatical relation between after and the ... Oxford English Dictionary
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black
▪ I. black, a. (blæk) Forms: 1 blæc (def. blace), 1–4 blac, 2–6 blake, 3–5 blak, 5 blaak(e, 4–7 blacke, 5– black. [OE. blæc, blac (def. blace) = OHG. blah-, blach- (in comb.); a word of difficult history. In OE., found also (as the metres show) with long vowel blāce, blācan, and thus confused with b... Oxford English Dictionary
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white
▪ I. white, n.1 (hwaɪt) Forms: see white a. [Various absolute uses of white a. Cf. L. album, F. blanc blank n.] 1. The translucent viscous fluid surrounding the yolk of an egg, which becomes white when coagulated; = albumen 1. Usually in full, the white of an egg (or, as a substance, white or the wh... Oxford English Dictionary
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