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1. adit, n. View full entry 1602
...A roughly horizontal passage introduced into a mine for the purpose of access or drainage. Also in extended use; spec. a watercourse, esp. one that carries water away...
2. admiralty, n. View full entry 1419
...The branch of justice concerned with maritime questions and offences. Also: legal matters relating to this. Freq. in court of admiralty...
3. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
4. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
5. air-box, n. View full entry 1744
...An air chamber (in various senses). Now chiefly hist....
6. air drainage, n. View full entry 1816
...Mining and Agric. Drainage into the air; a system of drains that is open to the air at some point. Obs....
7. airhead, n. View full entry 1822
...Mining. Usu. in form air-head. A horizontal passage constructed in order to carry air to part of a mine. Now rare....
8. air heading, n. View full entry 1841
...A horizontal passage constructed in order to carry air to part of a mine; (also) †the construction of such a passage (obs.). Cf. airhead1....
9. air machine, n. View full entry 1720
...A machine for supplying air or compressed air, esp. one used for ventilating enclosed spaces, as in a mine, ship, etc....
10. airshaft, n. View full entry 1665
...A straight passage (usually vertical) for the admission of air into a mine or tunnel....
11. air shot, n. View full entry 1920
...U.S.Coal Mining. An explosive charge surrounded by a pocket of air to dampen the effects of the explosion; a small explosion produced in this way. Cf. shot7f,...
12. airway, n. View full entry 1800
...A passage for air, esp. one for ventilation in a mine....
13. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
14. alligator, n.2 View full entry 1591
...Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus...
15. amalgamator, n. View full entry 1838
...One who, or that which, amalgamates: spec....
16. anthracite, n. View full entry 1601
...A stone described by Pliny, supposed to be hydrophane. Obs....
17. anthracitic, adj. View full entry 1845
...Of, pertaining to, or resembling, anthracite....
18. anthracosis, n. View full entry 1838
...Deposition of carbon particles in the lung; also, a severer form of such deposition, e.g. coal miner's pneumoconiosis....
19. arrastre, n. View full entry 1881
...An apparatus for grinding and mixing ores by the action of a heavy stone dragged round on a circular bed....
20. † aˈssogue, n. View full entry 1692
...A Spanish vessel carrying quicksilver to America for use in the silver-mines....
