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corves
[ kawrvz ]
corves
/ kɔːvz /
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The corves were placed together in a cage, between which and the pit-ropes there was usually from fifteen to twenty feet of chain.
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Now when thou hearst a team of corves coming along, pull yon end and open the door.
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Thus the engine may move with great rapidity, while it imparts an equable slow motion to the corves ascending in the shaft.
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Betwixt these guides, friction-roller sliders are placed, attached to the gin-ropes, to which sliders the corves are suspended.
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The reduced value of the corves is forty-nine livres fifteen sols.
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