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The Meaning of mine
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(n.) See Mien.
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(pron. & a.) 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.
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(v. i.) 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.
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(v. i.) To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To dig into, for ore or metal.
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(v. t.) To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.
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(v. i.) A subterranean cavity or passage
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(v. i.) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries.
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(v. i.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent.
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(v. i.) Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
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(v. i.) Fig.: A rich source of wealth or other good.
Rhymes
adeline
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aerodyne
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affine
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airline
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alamein
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align
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aline
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alkaline
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alpine
,
arline
,
arlyne
,
asinine
,
assign
,
australopithecine
,
ballantine
,
barentine
,
baseline
,
benign
,
bloodline
,
borderline
,
bornstein
,
bovine
,
brandywine
,
brine
,
brookline
,
bryne
,
burdine
,
byline
,
byzantine
,
calamine
,
canine
,
capitoline
,
carbine
,
caroline
,
celandine
,
chine
,
clementine
,
cline
,
clozapine
,
clyne
,
coastline
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columbine
,
combine
,
concubine
,
confine
,
constantine
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crine
,
crystalline
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dateline
,
deadline
,
decline
,
define
,
design
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devine
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dewine
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dhein
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dine
,
disincline
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divine
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dopamine
,
dragline
,
dwine
,
earthshine
,
eglantine
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ein
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emeline
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emlynne
,
emmeline
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endocrine
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enshrine
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entwine
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epstein
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equine
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erskine
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evangeline
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fein
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feinstein
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feline
,
feyen
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fine
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francyne
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frankenstein
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genuine
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gourdine
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grapevine
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guideline
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guynn
,
gwine
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hainline
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hairline
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hammerstein
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headline
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hein
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heine
,
hemline
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heterodyne
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heyen
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hine
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hornstein
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hot-line
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huynh
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ice-nine
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incline
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intertwine
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iodine
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jacobine
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jain
,
karoline
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klein
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kline
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kyne
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leontine
,
lichtenstein
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liechtenstein
,
lifeline
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limine
,
line
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lupine
,
lyne
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lysne
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macalpine
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mainline
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malign
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mcalpine
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microdyne
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midline
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missildine
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moonshine
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nadein
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nine
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online
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opine
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outline
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outshine
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palatine
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palestine
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pine
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pipeline
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porcupine
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prine
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pruyn
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pyne
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quinine
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rankine
,
realign
,
reassign
,
recline
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recombine
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redefine
,
redesign
,
refine
,
resign
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rhine
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rhyne
,
rine
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rubinstein
,
saccharine
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schein
,
schlein
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sein
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serpentine
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sharp-sign
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shein
,
shine
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shoeshine
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shrine
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sideline
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sign
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silverstein
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sine
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skyline
,
spine
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spline
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stein
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stine
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storyline
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streamline
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strine
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strychnine
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styne
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sunshine
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superheterodyne
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supine
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swine
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thein
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thine
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timberline
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tine
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trine
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turpentine
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twine
,
tyne
,
underline
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undermine
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valentine
,
vandine
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vanduyn
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vanduyne
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vine
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waistline
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wallenstein
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whine
,
wine
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wyne
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zine