stowcen.
/stəʊs/ Mining.
singular and plural. A kind of windlass for drawing up ore; in Derbyshire, a special form of this apparatus; also, a model of this, intended not for working, but to comply with the old law which provides that the presence of an owner's ‘stowce’ on a mining tract secures his right of possession.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan
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fern1546
stow?1549
capstock1551
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winder1585
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guindall1628
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Jack1686
screw engine1688
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jack roll1708
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stowce1747
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1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. F2 In the High Peak the Cross and Stake holds Possession, but while a Man may go home to fetch his small Stoce's to set on it.
1802 J. Mawe Mineral. of Derbyshire Gloss. Stowces, [a] drawing~stowce, a small windlass.
1802 J. Mawe Mineral. of Derbyshire Gloss. Stowces, pieces of wood of particular forms and constructions placed together, by which the possession of mines is marked; a pair of stowces possess a mear of ground.
1824 J. Mander Derbyshire Miners' Gloss. 68 Stoce. First. Under this head is described the Miners drawing Stoce, also the Stoce of Pretence or Possession.
1824 J. Mander Derbyshire Miners' Gloss. 69 The Stocing is placing the Stoce on the surface of the land under which the Mine lies, by the Miners, to denote how far their title extends.
1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 75 Small models of stowses..came in use, as the means of keeping possession.
1851 T. Tapping Chron. Customs Lead Mines Gloss. 33/1 Stowe or Stowse, or, as sometimes called, a Possession or Stowse of Pretence, is a machine which formerly was the only apparatus for drawing up the ore in tubs from the mine. It is constructed of seven pieces of timber, [etc.].
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Stoarces, a frame to support a wooden roller, in the process of heaving or hoisting by hand; Nidd[erdale].
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 243 Stowses, a windlass or wallow.
Derivatives
stowce v. (transitive), to mark (a ‘meer’ of ground) with ‘a pair of stowces’.
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > mark out claim
yoke?1549
stowce1664
1664 in T. Tapping Manlove's Customs Lead Mines (1851) Gloss. 33 If there be any miner..that has any grove or meer of ground in the mines, he or they shall keep the same in lawful possession both stosed and yoked,..we mean one pair of stoses and one yoking of timber in all men's sight.
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