单词 | minery |
释义 | mineryn. Now chiefly English regional (south-western). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] mineral?a1425 minery1561 mining1776 mine working1826 1561 Counterpart Lease for Mines in Grinton 30 Dec. (N. Yorks. Rec. Office Denys Burton Arch. ZLK 1/3) All manner of mynerye and mynes of lead ore and coal. 1609 in Yorks. Archæol. Jrnls. (1992) 64 159 James Richards a skilfull man in Mynerie who..gave my Lord his Advise therein. 1682 J. P. tr. H. Ludolf New Hist. Ethiopia i. vii. 31 But they are altogether ignorant of the Minery Trade. 1777 R. E. Raspe tr. I. von Born Trav. Bannat of Temeswar xii. 106 A naturalist endowed with a proper knowledge of minery. 2. a. A place where mining is carried out; a mine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] minea1393 work1474 mineral?a1500 minery1567 balc1600 groove1666 bargh1693 winning1708 working1708 wheal1830 show1898 society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > place where mining is carried out minery1670 1279 in W. Page Three Early Assize Rolls Northumberland (1891) 266 Quod Aldeneston' et mynaria ejusdem et homines ejusdem minariæ..fuerint alienati.] 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 13 It is found also in Mineries in maner like to Grauell and Sande. 1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes iii. f. 103 Euerie daie they doe discouer in those Countries greate Mineries of Mettalles [Sp. grandes mineros de metales (1574)]. 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. C3 His eies that 'fore were cleare lycophosie, Now cannot see but in a minery. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 5) 1192 If we dig into her inwards, wee finde metals, mineries, quarries. 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales 88 Every other Trespass done upon the Minerie shall be fined at 2d. 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire II. 506 Certain wrought goods for the army and navy, as cannon-balls from the mineries. 1876 W. White Holidays in Tyrol xvii. 134 A thank-offering from the minery to the church. 1899 W. Raymond Two Men o' Mendip iii. 51 I'll ride across to the mineries, myzelf, so quiet as I can. 1976 Horse & Hound 3 Dec. 26/4 Scent was deteriorating and they lost him in the mineries. 1997 Evening Post (Bristol) (Nexis) 15 July 7 Dr Willie Stanton will lead the Mendip Society special interest walk at Priddy Mineries on July 26. 1999 Wells Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 21 Jan. At the eastern edge of North Hill lies..another minery—Chewton Minery. ΚΠ a1653 H. Binning Christian Love ii, in Wks. (1847) 528 All these lusts..are the mineries of contentions, and strifes, and wars. a. A subterranean passage under an enemy position; = mine n. 3a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] > mine(s) minea1450 undermine1524 minework1583 minery1591 mining1598 berry1608 1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie ii. iv. 86 Vnlesse it bee to put fire vnto Myneries [Fr. mines (1571)] or Artillerie. b. Materials for constructing a mine under an enemy position. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > equipment for mining minery1687 1687 P. Rycaut Hist. Turkish Empire (new ed.) 312/2 in Knolles's Turkish Hist. (ed. 6) I. The Besiegers had endeavoured to pass the Ditch in Boats, and so carry over their Minery. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1613 in J. McMurtrie Notes Forest Mendip in Trans. Inst. Mining Engin. 1900 xx. 551 Our Minerie Court of Chewton. 1681 J. Beaumont in Philos. Coll. (Royal Soc.) No. 2. 3 Which came from the washing of Lead-Ore in the Minery ponds. 1791 J. Collinson Hist. & Antiq. Somerset II. 117 At this day a court is occasionally held here, called the Minery Court, at which all disputes between the miners are tried and finally settled. 1825 J. M. Niles View S.-Amer. & Mexico I. ii. 53 The working of the quicksilver mines shall be free in Spanish America, but the administration of the produce shall remain in charge of the officers of the minery department. 2000 S. Hernández Searching for Meaning (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) 46 The Tainos were used as a labor force beginning with minery work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1561 |
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