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| Come to the day(1) | arrive at the surface (Collieries of North East England).
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| comfortable(1) | A type of covered wherry
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| commercial¹ | Commercial traveller - an agent for a manufacturer, wholesale trader, etc., who travels over a district, showing samples and soliciting orders [OED]
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| commissioner¹ | A person employed by a hotel to meet and aid travellers [OED]
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| common_councilman¹ | A member of a common council; a common councillor. Now used of the city of London The Court of Common Council is the City of London's primary decision-making body [democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk (accessed 18Nov2020)]
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| composing draught(1) | tranquillizing, soothing, sedative mixture [OED]
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| compound_engines¹ | A compound engine is an engine that has more than one stage for recovering energy from the same working fluid, Originally invented as a means of making steam engines more efficient. In a compound steam engine, the steam passes from the high-pressure cylinder or cylinders to the low-pressure cylinder or cylinders, the two stages being similar. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_engine accessed 14Apr2020]
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| Compter |
prison
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| Conductors (1) |
In coal mines;part of the cage mechanism. Exact meaning unknown.
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| Congregational Church |
A system of ecclesiastical polity which regards all legislative, disciplinary, and judicial functions as vested in the individual Church or local Congregation of believers independent of any external authority. (OED)
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| constable¹ | Before the establishment of the County Police system a Petty or Parish Constable was an officer of a parish or township appointed to act as conservator of the peace and to perform a number of public administrative duties in his district. (Abolished, except as incorporated in the County Police system, in 1872.) [OED]
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| Cooksons |
A conglomerate of metal and glass business.
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| cooper¹ | A craftsman who makes and repairs wooden vessels formed of staves and hoops, as casks, buckets, tubs. [OED]
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| cops(1) | small oval bundles of cotton thread which fitted into the shuttle
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| cop¹ | Cop: the conical ball of thread wound upon a spindle or tube in a spinning machine;
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| corduroy | A kind of coarse, thick-ribbed cotton stuff, worn chiefly by labourers or persons engaged in rough work. [OED]
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| Corn_Laws¹ | The importation Act of 1815 was designed to protect cereal producers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland against competition from less expensive foreign imports between 1815 and 1846. To ensure that British landowners reaped all the financial profits from farming, the corn laws imposed steep import duties, making it too expensive for anyone to import grain from other countries, even when the people of Great Britain and Ireland needed the food. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Laws
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| Corporation¹ | The municipal corporation; the civic authorities of a borough or incorporated town or city; the mayor, aldermen, and councillors [OED]
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| corves(1) | In coal mines; A large and strong basket formerly used in carrying ore or coal from the working place in a mine to the surface: The corf was placed on a sledge, tram, or barrow, for conveyance from the working place to the shaft, up which it was hoisted by a rope to the surface.
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| côs | Meaning unknown. perhaps "cosy" [CPB]
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