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HOLE |
Excavation |
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PIT |
Excavation |
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MINE |
Excavation |
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STOPE |
Mining excavation |
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QUARRIES |
Rock excavation sites |
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QUARRY |
Stone excavation pit |
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INDIGNATION |
Outrage in excavation country |
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GROOVE |
A shaft or excavation. |
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DETERMINING |
Deciding to discourage coal excavation |
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SANDPIT |
A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken. |
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STALL |
The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post
and stall, under Post. |
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MILL |
An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which
material for filling is obtained. |
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WELL |
A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which
run branches or galleries. |
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GOBBING |
The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing
the coal. It is called also gob stuff. |
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IGLOO |
A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over
its breathing hole in the ice. |
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KEYHOLE |
A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined
together, to receive the key which fastens them. |
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FACE |
The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which
work is progressing or was last done. |
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SCOOP |
To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out;
to form by digging or excavation. |
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TOPSOILING |
The act or art of taking off the top soil of land
before an excavation or embankment is begun. |
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SHAFT |
A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly
so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc. |
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SHIELD |
A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under
ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses. |
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GRAVE |
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any
place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction. |
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HOLLOW |
A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within
anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or
of a tree. |
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DENUDATION |
The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the
overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the
action of running water. |
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TRENCH |
An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of
covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term
includes the parallels and the approaches. |