slappetn.
Derbyshire Mining.
A splinter or shiver of ore, etc.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > splinter
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spelcha1605
slifter1606
spilter?1646
slappet1768
1768 Mettam in Whitehurst Form. Earth (1778) 188 They fly out in such slappits, smooth on one side.
1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 250 Large Slapits, Spels or fragments fly off, sometimes with loud explosions.
Derivatives
ˈslappet v.
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > other (coal-)mining procedures
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1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 367 On his return, [he] finds all the Vein-stuff so furrowed, spelled, or slappeted off.
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