spec. in coal mines: (a) = choke-damp, n.; also called black damp, and suffocating damp. (b) = firedamp, n., formerly fulminating damp.
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous exhalation > in mines or stagnant pools (10) dampa1592 spec. in coal mines: (a) = choke-damp, n.; also called black damp, and suffocating damp. (b) = firedamp, n., formerly fulminating damp. stanch1693 A kind of after-damp in mines, etc. suffocating damp1695 suffocating damp = choke-damp, n. So suffocating shaft. Obsolete. stythe1708 Foul air in a mine; = choke-damp, n. surfeit1708 Mining. = afterdamp n. at after-, prefix affix 3. English regional (northern). Now rare. choke-damp1766 A miner's term for the carbonic acid gas (or air largely mixed therewith) which accumulates in old workings in coal-pits, and at the bottom of… afterdamp1813 unbreathable gases (esp. carbon monoxide) arising in a mine after an explosion; cf. choke-damp, n., firedamp, n. white damp1817 carbon monoxide gas; cf. black damp n. at black, adj. n.compounds 1e(a), firedamp, n., etc. marsh gas1848 Gas consisting chiefly of methane (CH4), formed by the decomposition of vegetation and other organic matter, esp. in the stagnant water of marshes… stanch-air1883 = sense 4. |
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