† overworkingsn.
Mining. Obsolete.
With singular agreement. Excess coal that has been worked from a mine above a specified annual limit.
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1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 42 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’.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 517 Overworkings, the excess beyond the quantity of coal fixed as the standard to be annually worked from a royalty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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