colliery

[Eng. collier; -y.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A coal-pit or mine. *2. The coal trade. II. Eng . Hist . & Law .: The first mention of collieries was in a charter granted to the burge es of Newcastle in A. D. 1234, according them permi ion to dig for coal. On March 1, 1843, the employment of females in collieries, which had been regulated the year previously, was entirely abolished and prohibited. *col-li-flower, s. [CAULIFLOWER.] *col-lig-ançe, s. [Lat. col ligans , pr. par. of col ligo.] [COLLIGATE, a.] A binding together.