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minery|ˈmaɪnərɪ| [ad. med.L. minēria, mināria, f. mināre to mine.] 1. A place where mining operations are carried on; † also, a mine.
[1279Northumb. Assize Rolls (Surtees) 266 Quod Aldeneston' et mynaria ejusdem et homines ejusdem minariæ..fuerint alienati.] 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 13 It is found also in Mineries in maner like to Grauell and Sande. 1577Frampton Joyful News iii. (1596) 103 Euery day they discouer in those countries great Mineries of metals. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter iii. 5 If we dig into her inwards, we find metals, mineries, quarries. 1670Pettus Fodinæ Reg. 88 Every other Trespass done upon the Minerie shall be fined at 2d. 1799W. Tooke View Russian Emp. II. 506 Certain wrought goods for the army and navy, as cannon⁓balls from the mineries. 1876W. White Holidays Tyrol xvii. 134 A thank-offering from the minery to the church. 1898Raymond Two Men o' Mendip iii, I'll ride across to the mineries, myzelf, so quiet as I can. attrib.1681in Phil. Trans. Abr. (1722) II. 369 Which came from the Washing of Lead in the Minery Ponds. †b. fig.
a1653Binning Chr. Love ii. Wks. (1847) 528 All these lusts..are the mineries of contentions, and strifes, and wars. †2. A military mine. Obs.
1591Sparry tr. Cattan's Geomancie 86 Vnlesse it bee to put fire vnto Myneries or Artillerie. †b. Materials for mining. Obs.
1687Rycaut Knolles' Hist. Turks II. 312 The besiegers had endeavoured to pass the Ditch in Boats, and so carry over their Minery. †3. The science of mining. Obs.
1777tr. Born's Trav. Hungary xiii. 107 A naturalist endowed with a proper knowledge of minery. |