资料来源 : 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}.