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sline Coal-mining.|slaɪn|
Also slyne
[Of obscure origin.]
(See quots.)
Gresley (1883) also gives ‘potholes in the roof’.
1811Farey Derbyshire I. 181 The Slines, or lengthway joints which naturally divide the Coal-seams vertically, generally range about ESE and WNW. 1871Trans. Amer. Inst. Min. Eng. I. 304 In some seams the slines, smooth planes of cleavage parallel with the face, are much closer together than in others. 1875Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 815 The smooth clean surface of the coal coinciding with this well-defined set of joints is known as the cleat, face, or slyne. |