单词 | coal grieve |
释义 | > as lemmascoal grieve coal grieve n. originally and chiefly Scottish (now historical) the manager of a coal pit; cf. grieve n. 2. ΚΠ 1644 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1819) VI. 122/2 Upon the complaint of any party grieved, to conveene the saids coal-masters, coal-grieves, and coalyars. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) v. 40 William Paton..told me..that they had a design on me for Clackmannan; but..that Mr. Inglis, tacksman of the estate of Clackmannan, whose coal-grieve he was, and Kennet, would set their foot against it. 1864 Glasgow Herald 7 June 3/2 These persons were under the pay of Mr. Lawrence Drysdale, a farmer in the neighbourhood, and the coal grieve. 1985 R. A. Houston Sc. Literacy v. 184 The sort of differences between levels of literacy is seen when we contrast the crude handwriting, bad spelling and poor grammar..with the comparative elegance and consistency of the coalgrieve or supervisor's correspondence. 2000 K. M. Brown Noble Society Scotl. 59 The second earl of Lothian's coal grieve at Cockpen reported on the problems of a collapsing mine in 1620. < as lemmas |
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