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Pitman

One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.

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Collier 76% connected

One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Axe noun · 78% connection

A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, e…

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Bonanza noun · 78% connection

In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.

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Boom verb · 78% connection

To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: works, mining, sawing, timber.
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Carpenter noun · 78% connection

An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

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Classic noun · 78% connection

A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applie…

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Coak noun · 78% connection

A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron unitin…

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Copy noun · 78% connection

An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addiso…

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Countermine noun · 78% connection

An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.

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Creep noun · 78% connection

A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement…

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Critic noun · 78% connection

One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artis…

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Deal noun · 78% connection

The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches i…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: works, mining, sawing, timber.
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Dehors noun · 78% connection

All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.

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Dirt noun · 78% connection

In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.

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Dress verb · 78% connection

To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an inten…

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Elvan adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall;…

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Flume noun · 78% connection

A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydra…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: works, mining, sawing, timber.
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Gad noun · 78% connection

A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc.

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Grizzly adjective · 78% connection

In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.

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