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Webster 1913 Edition
Miner
Min′er
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
mineur
.] 1.
One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines;
as, armies have sappers and
. miners
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies.
(b)
The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (
Myzantha garrula
). Miner’s elbow
(Med.)
, a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; – so called because of frequent occurrence in miners.
– Miner's inch
, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the quantity of water supplied.
Webster 1828 Edition
Miner
MI'NER
,Noun.
1.
One who digs canals or passages under the walls of a fort, &c. Armies have sappers and miners.