Skip Navigational Links
LISTSERV email list manager
LISTSERV - COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
LISTSERV Menu
Log In
Log In
LISTSERV 17.5 Help - HISTARCH Archives
LISTSERV Archives
LISTSERV Archives
Search Archives
Search Archives
Register
Register
Log In
Log In

HISTARCH Archives

HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

HISTARCH@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM

Menu
LISTSERV Archives LISTSERV Archives
HISTARCH Home HISTARCH Home

Log In Log In
Register Register

Subscribe or Unsubscribe Subscribe or Unsubscribe

Search Archives Search Archives
Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Sender:
HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
Colliers
From:
Pat Reynolds <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 16 May 2000 09:29:18 +0100
In-Reply-To:
<[log in to unmask]>
MIME-version:
1.0
Reply-To:
HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (25 lines)
The OED points out that Colliers were makers and marketers of charcoal
before they were minders of coal.  (c1350 for the first use, 1594 for
the latter).
The OED doesn't refer to the exact phrase 'colliers pit', but it does
give a quote of 1573 for 'colliers hearth'.

Best wishes to all,

Pat

In message <[log in to unmask]>, Automatic digest processor
<[log in to unmask]> writes
> ...
>collier's pit.  I have found historical references to all but the last term.  It
>is also not a term used by USGS.  Does anyone know where it originated?
>
>Thanks
>JH Brothers IV

--
Pat Reynolds
[log in to unmask]
   "It might look a bit messy now, but just you come back in 500 years time"
   (T. Pratchett)

ATOM RSS1 RSS2

COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM CataList Email List Search Powered by LISTSERV