stope
stope is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
- 2.(a) To excavate in the form of stopes. (b) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
- 3.Stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.] A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps called?
- What is (a) To excavate in the form of stopes. (b) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out called?
- What is stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.] A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. Chaucer called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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