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caunter dial. and Mining.
[app. a deriv. of cant n.1 or v.2; but the value of the -er is doubtful. App. diffused in Mining use from Cornwall.]
A. as n. (or ? absol. use of adj.):
a. (also caunter-lode), a lode crossing the general direction of the veins in a mine, a cross-vein.
1810J. T. in Risdon's Surv. Devon p. xiii, Besides the east and west veins, others are found which run either north or south, or on points of the compass between these; they are called by the miner cross lodes, cross courses, or caunters. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Caunter-lode, a lode which inclines at a considerable angle to the other contiguous veins. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss.
b. (See quot.)
1880W. Cornwall Gloss., Caunter, a cross-handed blow.
B. adj. (or ? attrib.) Crossing, cross, transverse.
1880Prospectus of W. Frontino & Bolivia Gold Mining Co. 3 The several lodes..have a strike..crossed by a great number of caunter branches, or feeders. |