stannary
Americannoun
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a tin-mining region or district.
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a place where tin is mined or smelted.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stannary
1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin stannāria tin mine, equivalent to Late Latin stann ( um ) stannum + -āria -ary
Example Sentences
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In Browne's day it was used as the stannary prison, and was denounced in an Act of Parliament as 'one of the most heinous, contagious, and detestable places in the realm.'
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind
The miners of Devon had independent courts, known as stannary courts, for the regulation of mining affairs, the four stannary towns being Tavistock, Ashburton, Chagford, and Plympton.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
It was an active centre of mining, and became a stannary or coinage town.
From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)
Ralegh had already started from Plymouth with his wife and Captain King when he met Stukeley, near the old stannary town of Ashburton on the edge of Dartmoor, twenty miles on his way to London.
From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de
The holding of the Blackmore Court here, which is the most considerable of the stannary courts, or courts relating to the tin works, have also contributed to augment its prosperity.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
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