The Poetical Works of the Late Richard Furness With a Sketch of His Life
The Poetical Works of the Late Richard Furness With a Sketch of His Life
Richard Furness
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Square wood. — Timber used to support roofs, the sides of shafts, &c. Stow blades. — See Stows. Slimmer. — A channelled iron rammer for charging a blast. Stickings. — Ore which adheres to the sides of a work. Sloke. — See the notes. Turn. — A shaft sunk in some part of a work : if the mine be deep, there are many, one below another. 176 THE ASTBOLOOER. Taker. — As \heNext Taker: he who makes the next cross, or he that has the next meer in possession, hence called the Taker-meer. See Foundermeer.... Twitches. — Narrow places in a vein, or rake, where the rocks nearly or altogether close, and so twitch oat the ore. Takin, or Taking-day. — The day on which a miner takes his cope, or bargains for work with the overseer of a mine. Toad-stone. ^A. Sort of volcanic production, by some termed channel, or cat-dirt. Turn tree. — The barrel of a small windlass. Tee. — The point of which two veins meet in the form of a T. Vein. — Is that lode which is bounded by woughs, and contains ore, spar, cauk, clay, chirt, croil, brown-hen, pitcher-cbirt, kewle, gur, (fee, &c.
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