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Basket or small wagon used for carrying coal
A corf (pl. corves) also spelt corve (pl. corves) in mining is a wicker basket or a small human powered (in later times in the case of the larger mines
Corf_(mining)
Topics referred to by the same term
to: Corf (mining), a basket or small wagon used for carrying coal Alternate (archaic) spelling of River Corve in Shropshire, England CORF may refer to
Corf_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Corve may refer to: Corf, an underwater container used to hold live fish or crustaceans Corf (mining), a basket or small wagon for transporting coal River
Corve
Hauling coal from a mine to the surface
coal. Common particularly in the early 19th century, the hurrier pulled a corf (basket or small wagon) full of coal along roadways as small as 0.4 metres
Hurrying
Unit of volume
legislated that from January 1836 coal was only to be sold by weight. Chalder Corf (mining) Decauville wagon Mine car Minecart Mineral wagon Quarry tub Wikimedia
Chaldron
as matches and cigarettes. Miners were regularly checked for contraband. Corf or corve A woven wood basket for carrying or transporting (called hurrying)
Glossary of coal mining terminology
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Type of rail vehicle used with mine railways
sometimes accompanied by old mining tools. Especially in the Ruhr Area those carts can be found in many front yards. Chaldron Corf Decauville wagon Gondola
Minecart
another. After fixing on a corf, one of them wished to descend in it to his assistance, but this Wilson forbade them to do so. The corf was now let down gently
Sheriff_Hill_Colliery
British Mining law forbidding underground work by women, girls and younger boys
the mine, before becoming "hurriers", pushing and pulling coal tubs and corfs. Lord Ashley deliberately appealed to Victorian prudery, focussing on girls
Mines_and_Collieries_Act_1842
Open-top railroad freight car
rather than to the side. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gondola cars. Corf Decauville wagon Minecart § Lorry or mine car Mineral wagon Mine railway
Gondola_(rail)
Four wheeled vehicle pulled by draft animals
wagons. However, there are examples of human-propelled wagons, such as mining corfs. A wagon was formerly called a wain and one who builds or repairs wagons
Wagon
British engineer and inventor (c.1756-1823)
but this meant that underground haulage by boys, rather than ponies. The corf wheels and 'roadplates' came from Binks, Booth, and Hartop's nearby Park
John_Curr
Railway wagon used at quarries and mines
mostly replaced by conveyor belts. British narrow gauge railways Chaldron Corf Decauville wagon Mine car Minecart Mineral wagon Mine railway Welbourn, Nigel
Quarry_tub
English "pitman poet", coal miner and poet
way of counting the loads. A further tradition was that the last corve or corf (being a basket, tub, waggon or other container full) to be taken to the
Matthew_Tate
Human settlement in England
Dec 1844, aged 29, who, with two others, was ascending Ludworth Pit in a corf. When it was about seven fathoms from the bottom of the shaft, it struck
Ludworth,_County_Durham
1896 mining accident in West Yorkshire, England
fatality, when he was killed by a small fall of coal down the shaft, from a corf he'd just sent up to the surface. He was standing in for the Hanger-on, Mr
Peckfield_Colliery_disaster
Small open-topped railway goods wagon
records, 3,600 ZHVs were in use by 1987, 26 in 1992, and 4 by 1999. Chaldron Corf Decauville wagon Gondola Hopper car Minecart Open wagon Quarry tub Slate
Mineral_wagon
proximity to the border. The Commission d'Organisation des Régions Fortifiés, or CORF, was established on 30 September 1927 to oversee the design, financing and
Fortified_Region_of_Metz
Former collieries in South Yorkshire, England
On 31 December 1886 Samuel Sheppard Duraham (19) was killed by a runaway corf the inquest recorded a verdict of "accidental death" On 5 January 1886 William
Birley_Collieries
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a supplier of red or purple dye or for a dyer of cloth, Middle English cork (of Celtic origin; compare Corkery).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old English corn, a metathesized form of cran ‘crane’ (see Crane).English : from Middle English corn ‘grain’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a grain merchant or grower, or possibly a miller.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hand mills, Old English cweorn.Altered spelling of German Korn or a shortened form of any of the composite names formed with this element.
Girl/Female
English Irish American
from the round hill; seething pool; ravine.
Female
English
Latin form of Greek Kore, CORA means "maiden." In mythology, this is a name borne by Persephone, a goddess of the underworld.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from Old French corp ‘raven’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with glossy dark hair. In some cases the English name may be derived from the cognate Old Norse korpr.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Corey, possibly CORI means "deep hollow, ravine."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Danish, English, French, German, Norse, Swedish, Teutonic
Courtier; Court Attendant; Bold; Courageous Advice
Male
Dutch
, able council.
Boy/Male
German English
Honest advisor.
Girl/Female
English American Irish
From the round hill; seething pool; or ravine.
Boy/Male
Scottish American Irish English
Seething pool.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Corey.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Greek, Irish
Dweller Near a Hollow; From the Round Hill; Seething Pool; Ravine; The Hollow
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Corey, possibly CORY means "deep hollow, ravine."
Boy/Male
Gaelic Irish
Ravine.
Boy/Male
British, English, German
Filled Heart
Girl/Female
Scottish American English Greek
Seething pool.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Celtic, English, Gaelic, Greek, Irish
Dweller Near a Hollow; The Hollow; Maiden; From the Round Hill; Seething Pool; Ravine
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Southern Italian : from a short form of the personal names Boncore, literally ‘good heart’, a medieval omen name, or Belcore.
Boy/Male
Norse Teutonic English French German
Short.
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CORF MINING
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Arabic
Servant of Allah
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
From the Valley Meadow
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Mythological, Sanskrit, Traditional
Goddess Parvati; Worshipper of Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Indian
Grades
Girl/Female
Tamil
Vinyasa | விநà¯à®¯à®¾à®¸
A yogic posture
Girl/Female
African, Australian, Swahili
Goodness
Boy/Male
Scottish Welsh English
Royal chieftain. Surname.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Yavan, JAVAN means "Ionia, Greece." In the bible, this is a place name and the name of a grandson of Noah.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Unique
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Eustace.
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v. t.
To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
v. t.
To stop with a cork, as a bottle.
v. t.
To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.
v. t.
To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
imp. & p. p.
of Core
v. t.
To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.
n.
A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
n.
A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.
v. t.
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
v. t.
To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
v. t.
To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.
n.
The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.
n.
Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
v. t.
To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
v. t.
To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.
n.
A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf.
v. t.
To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.
n.
The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square.
n.
The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.
n.
The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.