(n.) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .
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Loaf
Definition:
(n.) Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.
(v. i.) To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.
(v. t.) To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.
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(1) Meat loaf systems were also employed to determine the effects of protein additives to meat under actual meat loaf conditions.
(2) 8.04pm BST First challenge for the remaining seven is the tea loaf.
(3) I was encouraged by a website called Rio Hiking , which lured me in with exciting descriptions of scaling Sugar Loaf and Corcovado, of rafting rivers, rappelling waterfalls and forging paths through rainforest, but they failed to answer my emails.
(4) However when given the choice, they preferred to reduce the weight of a loaf rather than increasing the price.
(5) "So 44% of workers in South Africa are working for a loaf of bread a day," he said.
(6) Gellatly believes that anyone can make their own bread at home and, for a sourdough loaf, the process begins with a tangy starter (sometimes also known as a mother or leaven).
(7) Vavi cited a 2010 report showing that 44% of workers in South Africa live on less than 10 rand a day, which only just pays for a loaf of brown bread.
(8) Premier was hit by soaring wheat prices following a Russian export ban and has warned the wheat shortage could raise the price of bread by at least 5p a loaf.
(9) Parkinson says: “Walking up the Sugar Loaf with him was amazing.
(10) A gurgling loaf with a sheepdog's haircut and a repertoire of Latin bum jokes.
(11) Recipe supplied by Patrick Hanna, L'Entrepot, lentrepot.co.uk Clams with leek, fennel and parsley Though you could add a twirl of al dente spaghetti or linguine to this dish, it is the fragrant, briny broth that delights – better with a crusty loaf and a spoon.
(12) The third major unique property of wheat flour doughs is their ability to set in the oven during baking, and thereby to produce a rigid loaf of bread.
(13) So, from one basic bread dough, you can make the family loaf and have a bit of fun in the kitchen too.
(14) Previous research has suggested that people tend to engage in social loafing when working collectively.
(15) Here it’s called pljeskavica and a bun is not a typical bun, but a tiny round loaf of bread called lepinja .
(16) He described how, during the trip back home in the taxi with his wife, he kept on crying.” Fred Ballinger, the composer he plays, loafs around a high-tone Swiss spa hotel with his old pal Mick, a veteran Hollywood film director played by Harvey Keitel , and casts a wearied eye over human frailties – both his own and those of people around him.
(17) Ceilings are higher, for better air; passageways are wider, for more loafing room and socialising.
(18) But when it emerged a huge fanzone was planned outside the hotel, the FA turned its attentions to the Royal Tulip hotel in the shadow of Sugar Loaf mountain on São Conrado beach.
(19) When he was young, his father would leave a loaf for him in the oven.
(20) Researchers have calculated that white medium-sliced bread has a carbon footprint of 1,244g of CO 2 equivalent per loaf.