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iron-mine
1. A mine from which iron-ore is obtained.
1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 40 Nature hir⁓selfe..giving them the iron mines of Biskay. 1762Ld. Mansfield in Burrow Rep. III. 1344 Coal-mines are not lead-mines, tin-mines, copper-mines, iron-mines, or any other but coal-mines. 1872Yeats Techn. Hist. Comm. 97 More conveniently placed in regard to iron-mines.
2. Iron-ore. (See mine n.) Now dial.
1645Boate Irel. Nat. Hist. (1652) 132 Where the Iron-mine is melted. Ibid. 137 A Tun of the Iron-mine or Oar. 1674Ray Collect. Words 125 The Iron-mine lies sometimes deeper, sometimes shallower in the Earth. 1709Lond. Gaz. No. 4527/3 In the Land is a great quantity of Iron-Mine. |