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ˈover-ˈworking, n.
[f. over- 19 + working vbl. n.]
Working beyond or in excess of a specified amount; pl. in Coal-trade: see quots.
1851Greenwell Coal-trade Terms Northumb. & Durh. 62 Colliery rent consists of a fixed or certain rent, in consideration of which a certain quantity of coals is allowed to be annually worked and vended... Excess above the certain quantity is called ‘over-workings’. 1894Northumbld. Gloss., Overworkings, the excess beyond the quantity of coal fixed as the standard to be annually worked from a royalty. |