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Winze - Wikipedia
A winze is a minor connection between different levels in a mine. When worked upwards from a lower level it is usually called a raise.
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WINZE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of WINZE is a steeply inclined passageway in a mine.
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Winze | mining - Britannica
In mining, vertical openings: shafts and raises level downward is called a winze; this is an internal shaft.
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winze
▪ I. winze1 Mining. (wɪnz) Also 8 winds. [The earliest recorded spelling suggests derivation from wind n.2] A shaft or an inclined passage sunk from one level to another, but not rising to the surface.1757 Borlase in Phil. Trans. L. 503 The stage-boards of the little winds or shafts 20 fathoms deep ...
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WINZE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
noun a vertical or steeply inclined mine shaft dug or drilled downward and connecting to a lower shaft.
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WINZE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Winze definition: a vertical or inclined shaft driven downward from a drift into an orebody.. See examples of WINZE used in a sentence.
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Winze - Main glossary - About Tunnelling - ITA-AITES
Winze - A steeply inclined passageway between two underground workings.
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Winze - Mining School - Iron Miners
A vertical or inclined opening driven downward from within the interior of a mine. The winze pictured here is filled with water.
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winze - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
winze (plural winzes). (mining) A steep shaft for such purposes as: to join two levels in a mine; or to explore greater depths when considering whether to ...
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winze, n.³ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun winze is in the 1830s. OED's earliest evidence for winze is from 1839, in the writing of Henry De la Beche ...
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WINZ
(WINZ), an agency within the Ministry of Social Development (New Zealand)
Victor Winz, a professional chess player
See also
WINS (disambiguation)
Winze
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wince
▪ I. wince, n.1 (wɪns) [f. wince v.1] An act of wincing. 1. A kick. Now dial.1612 Shelton Quix. i. ii. i. (1620) 66 [The Mule] within two or three winces, ouerthrew him to the ground. 1638 J. Taylor (Water P.) Bull, Beare & Horse E 1 b, And as I fell, his hoofe bestow'd a wince, Upon my pate. 1840 T...
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Hecla Mining
By 1897, the mine had three tunnels and a 150 foot winze.
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