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

  • Richard Furness
Date:
1836
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Credit: Medicus-magus, : a poem, in three cantos; with a glossary. / by Richard Furness. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Owd-Mon.—Properly the Old Man’s work, or mines wrought in ancient time. Plug mid Wing.—A kind of wedges, used anciently for splitting the rock. Pipe—A pipe of ore is known by being covered with rock at the roof, and supported by it at the sole: it abounds also with runs of holes and ranges, bounded by such rocks in different forms : but the whole body of it may consist of several lodes, or ranges running parallel to each other. Pee.—The point at which two veins, &c., cross each other. Rake—See vein. Rither, or Rider.—A rock or thin cliff that lies between two ranges of a vein or rake: it some- times becomes so thick, as to make one vein into two. Randum of a Rake.—The range or direction of a vein or lode. Roof work—Work done in the upper parts of a mine. Roach—Ore found on the side of the main vein, and divided from it by rock or rither. Smilter.—A melter of ore. Sump.—A small shaft sunk in drifts, &c. Serin—A small vein. Spar., and Spar-lid.—Crystalized substances found in mines. Stope and Coil, or Stope and Quoin—In ancient times, the stope was a hole bored in the rock in order to introduce the Quoin or wedge to burst it open ; hence, that depth of the rock which was thus cut away, was called Stope-rise. [q. d. Step-rise.] Stows, or Stoces.—Seven pieces of wood fastened together with pegs; two of them arc called Sole-trees—two Stow-hlades—two Hang-benches] —and one a Spindle: they are a miniature re- presentation, of the hand-engine at the top of a shaft; and arc placed upon each Mccrof a Vein, &c.; and give their owner as good a possession and title as a deed of conveyance. Shaft—Sec Adit.