資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Miner \Min"er\, n. [Cf. F. mineur.]
1. One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in
the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out
of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have
sappers and miners.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state,
excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They
are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies.
(b) The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia
({Myzantha garrula}).
{Miner's elbow} (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow
due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so
called because of frequent occurrence in miners.
{Miner's inch}, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water
flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a
hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the
quantity of water supplied.
12 seconds ('') make 1 inch or prime. 12 inches or primes
(') make 1 foot. --B.
Greenleaf.
Note: The meter, the accepted scientific standard of length,
equals 39.37 inches; the inch is equal to 2.54
centimeters. See {Metric system}, and {Meter}.
2. A small distance or degree, whether of time or space;
hence, a critical moment.
Beldame, I think we watched you at an inch. --Shak.
{By inches}, by slow degrees, gradually.
{Inch of candle}. See under {Candle}.
{Inches of pressure}, usually, the pressure indicated by so
many inches of a mercury column, as on a steam gauge.
{Inch of water}. See under {Water}.
{Miner's inch}, (Hydraulic Mining), a unit for the
measurement of water. See {Inch of water}, under {Water}.