单词 | notch stick |
释义 | > as lemmasnotch stick notch stick n. a tally stick. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > equipment for lowering or raising miners or material > for raising material > tally-stick for number of tubs notch stick1853 1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 61 In the fingers of his right [hand] was a crooked whittle, with which..as the basketfuls arrived, he would nick the score upon notch-sticks. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Notch Sticks, short pieces of stick notched or nicked, used by miners as records of the number of tubs of coal, &c., they send out of the pit during the day. 1948 D. Harkey Mean as Hell xvii. 175 I have lost my notch stick on Mexicans that I killed out on the border. < as lemmas |
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