deads
English
Verb
deads
- third-person singular simple present indicative of dead
Noun
- (mining) The substances that enclose the ore on every side.
- 1911, Mining Journal (volume 94, page 811)
- If there are no “deads” brought by hand the filling does not shrink from the back of the gunnie, but deads soon settle and lose a tenth of the height.
- 1911, Mining Journal (volume 94, page 811)