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tributer |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tributer \Trib"u*ter\, n. (Mining) One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value. [Eng.] Note: Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited portion of a lode set them called a tribute pitch, beyond which they are not permitted to work and for which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so much per pound, as agreed upon of the value of what they raise. --Weale.
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