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Webster 1913 Edition


Tributer

Trib′u-ter

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Noun.
(Mining)
One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
[Eng.]
Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch, beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so much per pound, as agreed upon, of the value of what they raise.
Weale.

Definition 2024


tributer

tributer

English

Noun

tributer (plural tributers)

  1. (mining, Britain) A miner who is paid in a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
    Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch, beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so much per pound, as agreed upon, of the value of what they raise.
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