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Mine (mēn), n. [F.] See Mien. [Obs.]
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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.
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I kept myself from mine iniquity. Ps. xviii. 23.
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☞ Mine is often used absolutely, the thing possessed being understood; as, his son is in the army, mine in the navy.
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When a man deceives me once, says the Italian proverb, it is his fault; when twice, it is mine. Bp. Horne.
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This title honors me and mine. Shak.
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She shall have me and mine. Shak.
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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.]
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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.
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2. To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, “the mining cony”.
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Mine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mining.]
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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.
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They mined the walls. Hayward.
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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.
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2. To dig into, for ore or metal.
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Lead veins have been traced . . . but they have not been mined. Ure.
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3. To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.
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The principal ore mined there is the bituminous cinnabar. Ure.
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Mine, n. [F., fr. LL. mina. See Mine, v. i.]
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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.
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2. Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, “a placer mine”.
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3. (Fig.): A rich source of wealth or other good. Shak.
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4. (Mil.) An explosive device placed concealed in a location, on land or at sea, where an enemy vehicle or enemy personnel may pass through, having a triggering mechanism which detects people or vehicles, and which will explode and kill or maim personnel or destroy or damage vehicles. A mine placed at sea (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo2 (a)) is also called an marine mine and underwater mine and sometimes called a floating mine, even though it may be anchored to the floor of the sea and not actually float freely. A mine placed on land (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo3), usually buried, is called a land mine.
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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. -- gold mine (a) a mine where gold is obtained. (b) (Fig.) a rich source of wealth or other good; same as Mine 3. Raymond.
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