collieryn.
/ˈkɒlɪəri/ 1. A place where coal is worked; a coal-mine.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > coal-mine
pit1447
coal mine1475
coal work?1610
coalery1644
colliery1648
coalface1771
coal-working1774
1648 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) II. 1219 An extraordinary Storm..which..hath drowned Two of the best collyeries upon Sunderland River.
a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 85 Besides great collieries employed for the use and supply of the commons and poor of the town.
1676 D. L. Hodgson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 764 The water that runs from the adjacent Colyeries is vitrioline.
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 1 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) Your Ground Borders on other Colleries, which are working Colleries.
1799 Scotl. Descr. 102 Its coallieries, its traffic, its various manufactures.
1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 172 It was not..until 1238 that the first collieries were established on the high grounds in the neighbourhood of Newcastle.
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > for coal
coal-working1708
colliery1708
coal mining1784
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 1 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) I have thought fit to..explain the whole Art of Collery.
1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. i. iii. 9 The colliery here is brought to..perfection.
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society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in coal
coal trade1643
colliery1673
colliery trade1786
1673 H. Stubbe Further Iustification War against Netherlands To Rdr. 2 Of our inferiour Commerce, what have we but the Colliery, and Fishing of New-found land.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying coal
coal ship1541
coalman1612
collier-ship1639
colliera1661
coal barge1720
colliery1722
coal-smack1747
spout vessel1821
Geordie1849
collier-brig1853
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying coal > collectively
coal fleet1649
colliery1722
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 254 Among the Colliery, that is to say, among the Ships.
1764 C. Churchill Duellist iii. 43 The Master, or by Courtesy The Captain of a Colliery.
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1708–15 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Collery, a Store-house of Coals.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
Compounds
attributive, as colliery act, colliery club, colliery district, colliery explosion, colliery inspector, colliery manager, colliery owner, colliery trade, colliery yard; colliery viewer n. = coal-viewer n.
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society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in coal
coal trade1643
colliery1673
colliery trade1786
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > mining expert > in coal mines
coal-viewer1791
colliery viewer1849
1786 Act 26 Geo. III c. 41 Any such..may..sail in the Colliery Trade.
1849 F. B. Head Stokers & Pokers (1851) i. 30 Joseph Locke, a colliery-viewer..had served his apprenticeship below ground.
1852 J. Glynn Treat. Power Water (Weale) 119 By profession a ‘colliery viewer’.
1863 Trans. Assoc. Coal Miners 10 They had colliery clubs established in their district..The Educational Clause of the Colliery Act operated favourably.
1866 W. Begbie Wks. (1883) 254 Who has recently resided in a colliery-district.
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