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minarius

minarius, minearius [cf. ME, AN minour, OF mineor] 1 one who digs, undermines wall or sim., sapper. 1191 in liberationibus xl ~eariorum c li. ‥ et pro ‥ machinis ad castellum de Linc’ capiendum Pipe 1; a1341 Johanni Elyas et iij sociis suis ~ariis pro vadiis suis quolibet ad xij d. per diem AcWardr 355. 2 one who digs for minerals or sim., miner. 1292 salvis nobis et heredibus nostris minera de Aldeneston’, ~ariis et libertate eorundem, minere et ~ariorum que nobis ‥ retinuimus PQW 129b; 1355 ad quadraginta ~arios in foresta predicta ‥ eligend’ et arraiand’ RScot 785a..

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