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单词 lype
释义 lype Sc.|laɪp|
Also lipe.
[See lipe n.1]
Part of the roof of a mine rendered dangerous by faults in the rock.
1835Trans. Highland Soc. X. plate ix (caption) Lipes or ‘glazed backs’. Dislocations or ‘hitches’.1883W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 163 Lypes,..irregularities in the roof indicating danger from falls.1912G. Cunningham Verse 70 'Boot up steps and doon steps, and veezes and lypes.1920A. H. Fay Gloss. Mining & Mineral Industry 411/1 Lype (Scot.), an irregularity in the mine roof... A projecting rock in a mine roof that may fall at any time. Usually in the plural, and sometimes spelled Lipe.1952B. Holman Behind Diamond Panes 82 All the care in roof support did not prevent a ‘fall’ because of a ‘greasy lipe’.
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