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1 Adit -- rank: 1000

Adit definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ADIT, n. [L. aditus, from adeo, aditum, to approach, ad and ... AD-, itus f. ire it- go) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Adit Ad"it, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go ... Admission; approach; access. [R.] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson. Moby Thesaurus access, admission, admittance, air lock, approach, channel ...

2 Tunnel -- rank: 453

... OF tonel dimin. of tonne TUN Webster's 1913 Dictionary Adit Ad"it, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go ... Admission; approach; access. [R.] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tunnel Tun"nel, n. . [F ... Funnel. 2. Subterranean passage, underground thoroughfare. Moby Thesaurus abri, access, adit, aisle, alley, ambulatory, antre, aperture, approach trench, arcade, artery, avenue ...

3 Drift -- rank: 453

... movement of cattle: rel. to DRIVE Webster's 1913 Dictionary Adit Ad"it, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go ... Admission; approach; access. [R.] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Drift Drift, n. 1. (Phys ... shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel. 12. (Naut.) (a) The distance through which a ...

4 Plumming -- rank: 358

... where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work,or to find which way the lode ... where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode ...

5 Access -- rank: 358

... approach, passage, way, passage-way, way of approach, entrance, entranceway, adit, entry. 2. Admission, admittance, means of approach, liberty to approach ... accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, addition, adit, admission, admittance, advance, advent, affect epilepsy, afflux, affluxion, aggrandizement, air ...

6 Approach -- rank: 358

... 3. [In pl. ] Wily addresses, insidious overtures. 4. Entrance, way, adit, path. See access. 5. Access, admittance, admission. Moby Thesaurus MO ... access, accomplish, accomplishment, accordance, accost, achieve, achievement, act on, address, adit, advance, advances, advent, advise, agreement, air lock, algorithm, alikeness, alliance ...

7 Entrance -- rank: 358

... I. n. 1. Ingress, access. 2. Entry, inlet, mouth, avenue, adit, passage, door, gate, portal. 3. Beginning, commencement, initiation, introduction. II ... transport, ravish, throw into ecstasies, surpassingly delight. Moby Thesaurus access, adit, admission, admittance, air lock, anesthetize, aperture, appearance, approach, arrival, attract ...

8 Entry -- rank: 358

... or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine. A straight, long entry to the ... hall. 3. Record, note, minute, memorandum. Moby Thesaurus access, account, adit, admission, admittance, adversaria, adversary, aide-memoire, air lock, annotation, approach ...

9 Opening -- rank: 226

... chance, vacancy. Moby Thesaurus a leg up, abysm, abyss, access, adit, air lock, aisle, alley, alpha, ambulatory, aperture, apparition, appearance, appearing ...

10 Line of levels -- rank: 226

... to take a level. 7. A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine. Air level, a spirit level. See Spirit ...

11 leveling instrument -- rank: 226

... to take a level. 7. A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine. Air level, a spirit level. See Spirit ...

12 Level of the sea -- rank: 226

... to take a level. 7. A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine. Air level, a spirit level. See Spirit ...

13 Level -- rank: 226

... to take a level. 7. A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine. Air level, a spirit level. See Spirit ...

14 In a fang -- rank: 226

... Tooth. 4. (Mining) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. --Knight. 5. (Mech.) A ...

15 intake -- rank: 226

... sing, with supp, oft N of n Moby Thesaurus access, adit, admission, air lock, approach, avails, box office, commissions, corridor, credit ...