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单词 quarter cord
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quarter cord
quarter cord n. Mining, Obsolete a division of an area of ore-bearing rock allocated to a miner, measured as a linear section 7¼ yards long (a quarter of a mere: cf. mere n.2 2; approx. 6.63 metres) or a square with sides of this length.
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1681 T. Houghton Rara Avis in Terris 13 Article XV. We say, (by the custom of the Mine) that all Miners and their Servants may..empty their Sludge into some convenient place, within their length or quarter Cord.
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Qijb Quartercord [is] a Measure used in laying out of Flats, 'tis a superficial Measure, and one fourth part of a Mear; it is a Square, each side being seven Yards and one Quarter long.
1851 T. Tapping Gloss. in Chron. Customs Lead Mines (E.D.S.) s.v. So long as a mine is wrought..everything upon the quarter cord belongs to the miner.
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