Mine /(mēn)/

1. See Mien. [Obs.]

1. Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel.

   I kept myself from mine iniquity.

   When a man deceives me once, says the Italian proverb, it is his fault; when twice, it is mine.

   This title honors me and mine.

   She shall have me and mine.

1. To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or otherwise.
2. To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.

imp. & p. p. Mined; p. pr. & vb. n. Mining

1. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.

   They mined the walls.

   Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers . . . had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity.

2. To dig into, for ore or metal.

   Lead veins have been traced . . . but they have not been mined.

3. To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.

   The principal ore mined there is the bituminous cinnabar.

1. A subterranean cavity or passage (Mil.)
2. Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
3. A rich source of wealth or other good. (Fig.)
4. An explosive device placed concealed in a location, on land or at sea, where an enemy vehicle or enemy personnel may pass through, having a triggering mechanism which detects people or vehicles, and which will explode and kill or maim personnel or destroy or damage vehicles. A mine placed at sea (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo{2} (a)) is also called an marine mine and underwater mine and sometimes called a floating mine, even though it may be anchored to the floor of the sea and not actually float freely. A mine placed on land (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo{3}), usually buried, is called a land mine. (Mil.)