| 单词 | stook and coil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstook and coil b. stook and coil, stook and feathers: see quots. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > wedges, etc. gad1671 plug1747 stook and coil1808 stook and feathers1808 Jack1846 stob1883 1808 R. Bald Gen. View Coal Trade Scotl. 12 (Jam.) The mode then practised in sinking through hard strata, was by a set of tools termed stook and coil, or stook and feathers... Two long slips of iron, named the feathers, were placed down each side of the hole, and betwixt these a long tapering wedge, termed the stook was..driven down. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 242 Stook and feather, a wedge for breaking down coal, worked by hydraulic power, the pressure being applied at the extreme inner end of the drilled hole. 1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 64 Stook and Coil, or Stook and Feathers, a mode of wedging rocks. < as lemmas |
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