renk
/rɛŋk/(also rank, ronk) English regional (north-east. ). Coal Mining. Now historical
noun
The distance a putter must cover in bringing coal from the workings, originally used to determine the level of any particular putter's wages.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in William Brockett (bap. 1788, d. 1842), antiquary. Origin uncertain. Perhaps a specific sense development of rank.
- neo-impressionist
- neo-isolationism
- neo-isolationist
- neoist
- neo-Kantian
- neo-Kantianism
- neo-Kantism
- neo-Keynesian
- neo-Keynesianism
- neo-Lamarckian
- neo-Lamarckianism
- neo-Lamarckism
- neo-Latin
- neo-Latinist
- neo-liberal
- neo-liberalism
- neo-Liberty
- neo-linguist
- neo-linguistic
- neo-linguistics
- neolite
- neolith
- Neolithic
- Neolithic Revolution
- face up (or upwards)