corf
Americannoun
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Mining.
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a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
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a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
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a basket, cage, or boxlike structure with perforations for keeping lobsters or fish alive in water.
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Etymology
Origin of corf
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch (cognate with German Korb ) < Latin corbis basket; cf. corbeil
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My missis sent me fur a bottle o' medicine fur me corf.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
"Yes, 'e 'as got a corf," said Emily, watching Maggie with all her eyes.
From The Captives by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
"I'm feather-legged Ned, with ther consumptive corf," said Nickie.
From The Missing Link by Dyson, Edward
Our skipper had a bad leg, so as I was going aboard for some corf mixture, he just arst me to get him a drop of something to rub in.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
The report was louder that artillery, and the machinery at the mouth of the pit was blown down, and scattered about to some distance, with corves &c., from the bottom of the shaft.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2012
When the train of rolleys reaches the shaft, the full corves are hoisted up, and empty ones let down, which are placed on the rolleys, and carried back for the hewers to fill.
From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by Kingston, William Henry Giles
On the full corves being replaced by empty ones, it was then the duty of the brakesman to reverse the engine, and send the corves down the pit to be filled again.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
The corves were placed together in a cage, between which and the pit-ropes there was usually from fifteen to twenty feet of chain.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
Pools of water stood between them and often covered them, and blocks of coal of all sizes, which had shaken from the corves, lay in the road.
From Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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