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mined |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mine \Mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mined}; p. pr & vb n. {Mining}.] 1. To dig away or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of to lay a mine under to sap; to undermine; hence to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means They mined the walls. --Hayward. Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers . . . had mined them and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To dig into for ore or metal. Lead veins have been traced . . . but they have not been mined. --Ure. 3. To get as metals, out of the earth by digging. The principal ore mined there is the bituminous cinnabar. --Ure. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mined adj : extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth [ant: {unmined}]
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