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Definition of Corves
1. corf [n] - See also: corf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corves
Literary usage of Corves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical and Statistical Account of Dunfermline by Peter Chalmers (1844)
"The coals are brought from the wall faces in corves* or tubs by females, who push
or drag ... Corfe is from the Dutch word Korf, a basket, and these corves, ..."
2. An Elementary Class-book of Practical Coal-mining: For the Use of Students by Thomas Hansom Cockin (1906)
"To avoid the trouble caused by taking the corves across one of the roads, ...
When this is done the full corves, instead of crossing one road, ..."
3. On Landed Property, and the Economy of Estates: Comprehending the Relation by David Low (1844)
"Each truck contains one tub or corf, containing from 4 to 6 cwt. The boys that
drag the corves from the workings to the mainway, ..."
4. Martin's Practice of Conveyancing: With Forms of Assurances by Charles Davidson (1844)
"... —and that lessors may gauge the corves and waggons; —and stop those carrying over
... and all the corves used for drawing coals at the pits of the said ..."
5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"The corves were more or less bent towards the extremities. ... Where the radii
of the normal corves are smaller than those of the compared, the differences ..."
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