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(mining) pertaining to the direction towards the coal face. quotations examples
An upcast fault is when the seam is thrown up; to counteract this a "canch" of top stone must be taken down outbye over from the fault, and a "canch" of bottom stone taken up inbye over from the fault, then level up to the bottom of your "canch" at the foreside of the hitch outbye over until you have a regular gradient to the seam on the hitch.
1879, William Bailes, Student's Guide to the Principles of Coal & Metal Mining, page 17
When above ground, pertaining to the direction towards the house. examples