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Bank
noun · 78% connection
A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Barite
noun · 78% connection
Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granul…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Barmaster
noun · 78% connection
Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Barmote
noun · 78% connection
A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Black-jack
noun · 78% connection
A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Blende
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Blue-john
noun · 78% connection
A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Calcite
noun · 78% connection
Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Camonflet
noun · 78% connection
A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Cand
noun · 78% connection
Fluor spar. See Kand.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Chlorophane
noun · 78% connection
A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Chough
noun · 78% connection
A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- al…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Cockle
noun · 78% connection
A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to si…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Costeaning
noun · 78% connection
The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Derbyshire spar
unknown · 78% connection
A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Ecoute
noun · 78% connection
One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Fluorescence
noun · 78% connection
That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color fr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
Fluorite
noun · 78% connection
Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing com…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fluor, spar, called, cornish, miners.
