| 单词 | freeing dish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfreeing dish freeing dish n. Mining (English regional, now historical) the dish or measure of ore payable to the barmaster of a Derbyshire lead mine before a new vein may be worked; cf. free v. 8. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > lead-ore > measure of boule1458 bout1747 freeing dish1851 1851 Act 14 & 15 Victoria c. 94 Sched. i. §11 Being called the Freeing Dish. 1960 Mining Engineer Dec. 145/2 In Derbyshire, certain customs exist in relation to the working of lead ore... A miner, before obtaining a 'gift', is bound to pay a ‘freeing dish’—that is so much ore as would fill a dish of specified measurement. 1998 J. H. Rieuwerts Gloss. Derbyshire Lead Mining Terms 76/2 Before a new vein could be worked a dish of ore, known as a freeing-dish was paid to the Barmaster. < as lemmas |
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