Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers (1871–).
The 817th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 596 quotations (about 0.01% of all OED quotations).
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| abrasively | In an abrasive manner (lit. and fig.). | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| Animikie | A series of rocks of the Canadian Shield of early Proterozoic age, rich in iron ore; the… | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| arrastre | An apparatus for grinding and mixing ores by the action of a heavy stone dragged round on a circular bed. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| bede | ‘A miner's pickaxe.’ Raymond Mining Gloss. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| beneficiate | trans. To reduce (ores). | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| blick | ‘The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| brasque | ‘A lining for crucibles or furnaces; generally, a compound of clay, etc. with charcoal dust.’ Raymond Mining Gloss. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| bully | A pattern of miner's hammer, varying from ‘ broad bully ’ to ‘ narrow bully ’. Raymond Mining Gloss. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| chartermaster | ‘In the mining districts, one who raises coal or ironstone at a contract price’ (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858). | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| counter | Short for counter-lode n.; also for counter-gangway (see quot.). | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| fondon | (See quot. 1881.) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| forepale | trans. To protect (a work in progress) from falling debris, quicksand, etc. by timbers driven in front. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| galeage | Royalty paid for a grant of land in the Forest of Dean: see gale n. 4. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| inquartation | The process of separating gold from silver by means of nitric acid: see quartation n. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| jagging | The action of jag v. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| machinable | Capable of being cut by machine tools. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| pattinsonation | = pattinsonization n. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| sinter | trans. To cause to coalesce in this way. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| sintering | The process or action of the vb.; spec. as applied to iron ore (see sinter n. 3). Freq. attrib. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| spilling | (See quot. 1881.) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| tonite | A high explosive composed of pulverized gun-cotton impregnated with barium nitrate; cotton powder. Also attrib. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| vadose | Of, pertaining to, or designating underground water occurring above the water-table. Cf. phreatic adj. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| vamping | (See quot. 1881.) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
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