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stope |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stope \Stope\, n. [Cf. {Step}, n. & v. i.] (Mining) A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stope \Stope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoped}; p. pr & vb n. {Stoping}.] (Mining) a To excavate in the form of stopes. b To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stope \Stope\, Stopen \Sto"pen\, p. p. of {Step}. Stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.] A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. --Chaucer.
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