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coal-pit (ˈkəʊlpɪt) 1. A place where charcoal is made. Still in U.S.1023 Charter Cnut in Cod. Dipl. IV. 27 Forð bæ hæselholtæ on collpytt: of collpyttæ on swealewan hlypan. c 1275 Death 242 in O.E. Misc. 183 His eye-puttes, as a colput deep ant gret. c 1450 Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker Voc. 718 Fax, a bronde...
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Big Pit National Coal Museum
Big Pit National Coal Museum () is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 as a charitable trust called the Big Pit (Blaenavon) Trust. By 1 February 2001 Big Pit Coal Museum was incorporated into the Natio...
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Open-pit coal mining in the United Kingdom
Open-pit coal mining in the United Kingdom is in decline, and is planned to end in November 2023. Output has fallen every year since 2010. In 2010, the United Kingdom was forecast to produce about of coal a year from open-pit mines. Most came from Scotland, with the largest operator there being the ...
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coal-pot
† coal-pot Sc. Obs. In 6 colpot, -pat. [f. col(e coal + pot, round deep hole or excavation, as in peat-pot, etc.] = coal-pit 2.1535 Lyndesay Satyre 1809 In the Colpots of Tranent. 1572 Diurn. Occurr. 262 The regentis horsmen..brak all colpat wyndaris..sua that the said burgh should not be servit in ...
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coal-heugh
ˈcoal-heugh, -hew Sc. Also 6–7 -heuch(e, 8 -hugh. [f. coal + heugh.] A coal-pit: perh. originally one open to the surface or excavated in the side of a slope or bank.1592 Sc. Acts, 12 Jas. VI (1597) §146 The wicked crime of setting of fire in Coal-heuches. 1653 R. Baillie Disswasive Vind. (1655) 21 ...
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Eccles Shorrock
One year after taking over the India Mill Company Shorrock had expanded the firm's operations to papermaking, a coal-pit, and a sawmill.
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coal-mine
ˈcoal-mine A mine in which coal is worked or dug, a coal-pit or colliery.1613 Lanc. & Chesh. Wills (1884) 159 The yssues..of one Cole myne. 1853 W. Gregory Inorg. Chem. 156 The frightful accidents..so common in coal-mines. So coal-miner, coal-mining.1639 R. Junius Sinne Stigmatizd 295 Like..Colemine...
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William Sykes (convict)
In 1851 he was recorded as unmarried and working as a coal-pit trammer.
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coal pit (n.) | EUdict | English>Tagalog
Translation for: 'coal pit (n.)' in English->Tagalog dictionary. Search over 14 million words and phrases in more than 510 language pairs.
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keeker
keeker north. dial. (ˈkiːkə(r)) [f. keek v. + -er1.] A peeper, a gazer; in pl. the eyes, ‘peepers’; spec. an overlooker or inspector in a coal-pit, who sees that the coal is sent up in a proper state.1808–18 Jamieson, Keekers, a cant term for eyes. Ibid., Starn-keeker, a star-gazer. 1863 in Robson B...
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Vila Vintém
There was little commerce, only some grocery stores and a coal-pit; the light came until the residents' association where it was distributed to the whole
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heugh
▪ I. heugh, heuch, n. Sc. and north. dial. (hjux) Forms: 4 hogh, 5 hough, 5–6 hewch, (5 huwe, 6 hew, hewche, heuche, huche), 5– heuch, 7– heugh, (9 dial. heuf). [Sc. (and north Eng.) repr. of ME. hōgh, OE. hóh, f. ablaut grade hanh- of hang v. (cf. Goth. faurahâh curtain). Cf. hoe n.1, how n.2; also...
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Parkin Jeffcock
In 1861, his bravery was noted when he attempted to rescue the men and boys trapped in a coal-pit at Clay Cross during an inundation.
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off-handed
off-handed, a. (ˌɒfˈhændɪd, ɔː-) a. = off-hand B.: esp. in reference to style or manner. (In quot. 1840 irreg. as adv. = off-hand A. 1.)1835 Moore Diary 15 Aug. in Mem. (1856) VII. 103 Found Babbage very off-handed and agreeable. 1840 Barham Ingol. Leg., Hand of Glory ii, Nor, I'll venture to say, w...
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Edwin Dunkin
"The Earth Weighed in the Harton Coal-pit".- ib., pp. 364–67.
"Memoir of G. B. Airy, Astronomer Royal". ib., pp. 648–51.
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