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Mine
King James Dictionary
or MINE, a. called sometimes a pronominal adj. L. meus.
My belonging to me. It was formerly used before nouns beginning with vowels. "I kept myself from mine iniquity." Psalms 18 But this use is no longer retained. We now use my before a vowel as well as before an articulation as my iniquity. In present usage, my always precedes the noun, and mine follows the noun, and usually the verb as, this is my book this book is mine it is called my book the book is called mine: it is acknowledged to be mine.
Mine sometimes supplies the place of a noun. Your sword and mine are different in construction.
MINE, n.
1. A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, mineral substances and other fossil bodies are taken by digging. The pits from which stones only are taken, are called quarries.
2. In the military art, a subterraneous canal or passage dug under the wall or rampart of a fortification, where a quantity of power may be lodged for blowing up the works.
3. A rich source of wealth or other good.
MINE, To dig a mine or pit in the earth.
1. To form a subterraneous canal or hole by scratching to form a burrow or lodge in the earth, as animals as the mining coney.
2. To practice secret means in injury.
MINE, To sap to undermine to dig away or otherwise remove the substratum or foundation hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
They mined the walls.
In a metaphorical sense, undermine is generally used.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Mine'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/m/mine.html.
