Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mining, a small timber used to support the ground by being laid across the stulls, or in other ways: in some mining districts of England nearly the same as
lacing or lagging.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mining) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mining A
crossbar ofwood in ashaft , serving as astep .
Etymologies
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German Stempel a stamp, a prop, akin to English stamp.
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Motivet er så nærliggende, så ubetinget heltegyldigt, at da Skjoldungsagaerne voksede frem på folkemunde, måtte de åbnes med denne digtning; den var stadig -- så at sige -- lige nödvendig for at stemple den store helteskikkelse. "
The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries Oscar Ludvig Olson
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