Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
The valve of a pump box.
To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
To strike or attack with the fangs.
To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the putter, who took it to the surface.
A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
One who, or that which, gets.
To remove gas by sorption.