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mine

n. [F.] See Mien. ()

pron. & a. [OE. min, fr. AS. mn; akin to D. mijn, OS., OFries., & OHG. mn, G. mein, Sw. & Dan. min, Icel. minn, Goth. meins my, mine, meina of me, and E. me. 187. See Me, and cf. My.] Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, Vengeance is mine; I will repay. Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel. ()

I kept myself from mine iniquity. (Ps. xviii. 23.)

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When a man deceives me once, says the Italian proverb, it is his fault; when twice, it is mine. (Bp. Horne.)

This title honors me and mine. (Shak.)

She shall have me and mine. (Shak.)

v. i. [F. miner, L. minare to drive animals, in LL. also, to lead, conduct, dig a mine (cf. E. lode, and lead to conduct), akin to L. minari to threaten; cf. Sp. mina mine, conduit, subterraneous canal, a spring or source of water, It. mina. See Menace, and cf. Mien.] ()

1. To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or otherwise. ()

2. To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony. ()

v. t. ()

1. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means. ()

They mined the walls. (Hayward.)

Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers . . . had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity. (Sir W. Scott.)

2. To dig into, for ore or metal. ()

Lead veins have been traced . . . but they have not been mined. (Ure.)

3. To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging. ()

The principal ore mined there is the bituminous cinnabar. (Ure.)

n. [F., fr. LL. mina. See Mine, v. i.] ()

1. (Mil.) A subterranean cavity or passage ()

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2. Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine. ()

3. A rich source of wealth or other good. (Shak.)

4. (Mil.) An explosive device placed concealed in a location, on land or at sea, where an enemy vehicle or enemy personnel may pass through, having a triggering mechanism which detects people or vehicles, and which will explode and kill or maim personnel or destroy or damage vehicles. A mine placed at sea (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo{2} (a)) is also called an marine mine and underwater mine and sometimes called a floating mine, even though it may be anchored to the floor of the sea and not actually float freely. A mine placed on land (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo{3}), usually buried, is called a land mine. ()

Mine dial, a form of magnetic compass used by miners. -- Mine pig, pig iron made wholly from ore; in distinction from cinder pig, which is made from ore mixed with forge or mill cinder. -- gold mine (a) a mine where gold is obtained. (b) (Fig.) a rich source of wealth or other good; same as Mine 3. (Raymond.)