Pitwork

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Pumping machinery used in a mine. uncountable

    "[…] and the remarks attached to each in Lean's report, show the necessity of adverting to the different conditions of the pitwork, in an attempt to estimate with accuracy the relative merit of different engines […]"

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"[…] and the remarks attached to each in Lean's report, show the necessity of adverting to the different conditions of the pitwork, in an attempt to estimate with accuracy the relative merit of different engines […]"

Etymology

From pit + -work.

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