Mine , n. [F., fr. LL. mina. See Mine, v. i.]
1. A subterranean cavity or passage; especially: (a)
A pit or
excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious
stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by
digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are
taken, and which are called
quarries. (b) (Mil.)
A cavity or tunnel made under a
fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent.
2. Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
3. Fig.: A
rich source of wealth or
other good.
Shak.
Mine dial, a form of magnetic compass used by miners. -- Mine pig, pig iron made wholly from ore; in distinction from cinder pig, which is made
from ore mixed with forge or mill
cinder. Raymond.
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.
Mine , v. i. [F. miner, L. minare to drive animals, in LL. also, to
lead, conduct, dig a mine (cf.
E. lode, and lead to conduct), akin to L.
minari to threaten;
cf. Sp. mina mine, conduit, subterraneous canal,
a spring or
source of water, It. mina. See Menace, and cf. Mien.]
1. To dig a mine or pit in the earth;
to get ore,
metals, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth;
to dig in the earth for
minerals; to dig a passage or
cavity under anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or otherwise.
2. To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form
a burrow or
lodge in the earth; as,
the mining cony.
Mine (mīn),
pron. & a. [OE. min, fr. AS. mīn; akin to D. mijn, OS., OFries., & OHG.
mīn, G. mein, Sw. & Dan. min,
Icel. minn, Goth. meins my, mine, meina of me, and E. me. √187. See Me, and cf. My.]
Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." Rom. xii. 19.
Also, in the
old style, used attributively, instead
of my, before a noun
beginning with a vowel.
I kept myself
from mine iniquity.
Ps. xviii. 23.
&fist; Mine is often used absolutely, the thing possessed being understood; as, his son is in the army,
mine in the navy.
When a man
deceives me once, says the Italian proverb, it is his fault;
when twice, it is mine.
Bp. Horne.
This title
honors me and mine.
Shak.
She shall have me and
mine.
Shak.
Mine (mēn),
n. [F.]
See Mien. [Obs.]
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