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An iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining
Answer for the clue "An iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining ", 6 letters:
kibble
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kibble \Kib"ble\, v. t. To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats. [Prov.Eng.] --Halliwell.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food) an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In such conditions fragments shed from the kibble presented an obvious danger. ▪ Little water would have been met with and what was encountered was brought up in the kibble . ▪ The kibble was rounded to assist this rolling action. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed vb. to grind coarsely Etymology 2 n. an iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface
Usage examples of kibble.
It was the harshest threat Kibble had at her disposal and just the mention of it properly scared Cassie.
In her struggle for an explanation of her feelings to Kibble she had arrived at an essential conclusion.
If the tool satchel were ever discovered by Thelma Kibble or any other law enforcement officer, Cassie would have a degree of deniability that might keep her out of lockdown.
Ever aware that Thelma Kibble might make good on her threat to make an unscheduled appearance, she left no outward appearance in her home or activities of what she was planning and preparing for.
Despite the stern words to Cassie, Kibble probably had dozens of hard cases that were more deserving than Cassie of a field visit.
Thelma Kibble until the light was on and she glanced down to see what her foot had just bumped into.
She bunched it in her hands and moved in close to Kibble to use it as a compress.
And I never knew what he meant until I found out from Kibble today what he knew that night.
Hollywood home of her parole agent, identified as Thelma Kibble, a forty-two-year-old resident of Hawthorne.
Investigators believe there was a confrontation and Kibble was overpowered and shot once in the chest with her own weapon.
Also, the more important the topic, the more peripatetic he always became, and now he paced from window to bookcase to galley kitchen, crunching kibble underneath.
Something crunched underfoot and Dean noticed the kibble spread evenly over the floor.
Thelma Kibble was recessed in a standard government-issue cubicle in a room crowded with many identical cubicles.
Rider and Bosch sat down and told Kibble they wanted a look at the file belonging to Roland Mackey.
One was of Thelma Kibble standing in front of the DOC building, a banner welcoming her back hanging from the roof.