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DISH

Volume 4 · 69 words · 1778 Edition

in mining, is a trough made of wood, about 28 inches long, four inches deep, and six inches wide; by which all miners measure their ore. If any be taken selling their ore, not first measuring it by the bar-master's dish, and paying the king's duty, the feller forfeits his ore, and the buyer forfeits for every such offence 40 shillings to the lord of the field or farmer.