Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cut away or mine out the lower portion of a coal-seam or a part of the underclay so as to win or get the overlying coal. [Penn. anthracite region.] In various parts of England to jad, hole, undercut, kirve, and bench. See
jad , n. and verb
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- verb To cut away or mine out the lower portion of a coal-seam or a part of the underelay so as to win or get the overlying coal.
Etymologies
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From under- + hole.
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