GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Mine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mining.]
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   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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   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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   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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   mined adj. extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth. [Narrower terms: deep-mined; exploited; strip-mined]
   WordNet 1.5