Found 3 items, similar to MINE.
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Definition: mine
mine
n 1: excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are
extracted
2: explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to
destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
mine
v 1: get from the earth by excavation;
“mine ores and metals”
2: lay mines;
“The Vietnamese mined Cambodia”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mine
Mine
\Mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Mined; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mining.]
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1. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or
foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine;
hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
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They mined the walls. --Hayward.
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Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the
spoilers . . . had mined them, and placed a quantity
of gunpowder in the cavity. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To dig into, for ore or metal.
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Lead veins have been traced . . . but they have not
been mined. --Ure.
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3. To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.
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The principal ore mined there is the bituminous
cinnabar. --Ure.
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Mine
\Mine\ (m[=e]n), n. [F.]
See
Mien. [Obs.]
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Mine
\Mine\ (m[imac]n), pron. & a. [OE. min, fr. AS. m[=i]n;
akin to D. mijn, OS., OFries., & OHG. m[=i]n, G. mein, Sw. &
Dan. min, Icel. minn, Goth. meins my, mine, meina of me, and
E. me. [root]187. See
Me, and cf.
My.]
Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as
a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as,
“Vengeance is
mine; I will repay.” --Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style,
used attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning
with a vowel.
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I kept myself from mine iniquity. --Ps. xviii.
23.
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Note: Mine is often used absolutely, the thing possessed
being understood; as, his son is in the army, mine in
the navy.
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When a man deceives me once, says the Italian
proverb, it is his fault; when twice, it is mine.
--Bp. Horne.
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This title honors me and mine. --Shak.
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She shall have me and mine. --Shak.
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Mine
\Mine\, v. i. [F. miner, L. minare to drive animals, in LL.
also, to lead, conduct, dig a mine (cf. E. lode, and lead to
conduct), akin to L. minari to threaten; cf. Sp. mina mine,
conduit, subterraneous canal, a spring or source of water,
It. mina. See
Menace, and cf.
Mien.]
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1. To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals,
coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the
earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under
anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or
otherwise.
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2. To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or
lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.
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Mine
\Mine\, n. [F., fr. LL. mina. See
Mine, v. i.]
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1. A subterranean cavity or passage; especially:
(a) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic
ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral
substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from
the pits from which stones for architectural purposes
are taken, and which are called quarries.
(b) (Mil.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification
or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the
superstructure with some explosive agent.
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2. Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by
digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
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3. (Fig.): A rich source of wealth or other good. --Shak.
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4. (Mil.) An explosive device placed concealed in a location,
on land or at sea, where an enemy vehicle or enemy
personnel may pass through, having a triggering mechanism
which detects people or vehicles, and which will explode
and kill or maim personnel or destroy or damage vehicles.
A mine placed at sea (formerly called a
torpedo, see
torpedo[2]
(a) ) is also called an marine mine and underwater mine
and sometimes called a floating mine, even though it
may be anchored to the floor of the sea and not
actually float freely. A mine placed on land (formerly
called a
torpedo, see
torpedo[3]), usually buried,
is called a land mine.
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Mine dial, a form of magnetic compass used by miners.
Mine pig, pig iron made wholly from ore; in distinction
from
cinder pig, which is made from ore mixed with forge
or mill cinder.
gold mine
(a) a mine where gold is obtained.
(b) (Fig.) a rich source of wealth or other good; same as
Mine 3. --Raymond.
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