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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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   mined adj. extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth. [Narrower terms: deep-mined; exploited; strip-mined]
   
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