Medicus-magus, : a poem, in three cantos; with a glossary. / by Richard Furness.

  • Richard Furness
Date:
1836
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    GLOSSARY. Brazen-Dish—The standard mineral measure kept at the Mote Hall, in Wirksworth. Bnckar.—A flat-headed hammer for pounding ore. Byng-Ore—Ore drest, and broken to a proper size for measuring. Byng-hole.—The place where the miner lays his shipped ore. Brown-hen—A mineral substance of no value. Caver—One that goes about the mines to beg or steal ore. Coe, [ Of Koy, Lower Sax.']—A cabin or small house usually built over shafts, &c. to protect the miner. Cflirt—A hard, flinty, stratified, white, or black substance. Cross.—Turf dug up in the form of a cross, a mark of possession. Cross-holes.—Crosses, or holes dug in their angles, on taking possession. Cross-rake—A lesser rake crossing a greater, &c. Cupel-lowe—An ancient wind furnace for smelting ores. Cope, [Cop, Sax. the head.]—A tribute paid to the king or lord of the field or farmer, which is every thirteenth dish of ore. To Cope together, in old language, signified to join in partnership, or to match with each other. Cank, or Cawk.-~A heavy white mineral, the sul- phate of barytes. Calamy, [Lapis Calaminaris.]—The ore of zinc. Clivis, [of Claris, Lat. a key.]—A small iron hook attached to the end of a rope, and locked to the rings of barrels, trunks, kibbles, &c. Coe-stead, [Koy a cabin, and Steta, Sax. a place or room.]—The place on which a coe has stood or stands. Croil.—A mineral. Cleanser—A small iron rake used when boring the rocks to cleanse out the dust. D) ift, [Teut. Trick, Aim, or Scope.]—A passage cut under ground.