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Alum shale
unknown · 78% connection
A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Arsenical
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Arsenopyrite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Bank
noun · 78% connection
The face of the coal at which miners are working.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Barmaster
noun · 78% connection
Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Barmote
noun · 78% connection
A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Bisulphide
noun · 78% connection
A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
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: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
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: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Brass
noun · 78% connection
Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Cacodyl
noun · 78% connection
Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
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: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Chalcopyrite
noun · 78% connection
Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragona…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
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: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Cockle
noun · 78% connection
The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Copperas
noun · 78% connection
Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
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: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
Ferrous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sul…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, pyrites, arsenical, called, cornish.
