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Specialty Expressions: HARD WAY

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Hard wayMiningA. A term used in slate quarrying to describe the third direction at right angles to both slaty cleavage and rift, in which there is no tendency to split. It is known as the hard way and designated locally as the sculp.b. In granite quarrying, the direction at right angles to both rift and run is called the hard way or head grain. See also: cutoff; tough way. Sometimes spelled hardway. (references)

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Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
The Hard Way59   3 The Hard Way8
The Hard Way (213 album)19   Always the Hard Way5
Broadway the Hard Way15   Broadway the Hard Way15
Two the Hard Way13   Four the Hard Way4
The Hard Way (Clint Black album)12   Love the Hard Way6
The Hard Way (Steve Earle album)10   Seven the Hard Way6
Six the Hard Way10   Six the Hard Way10
3 The Hard Way8   The Hard Way59
The Hard Way (1991 film)7   The Hard Way (1991 film)7
Three The Hard Way7   The Hard Way (213 album)19
Seven the Hard Way6   The Hard Way (Clint Black album)12
Love the Hard Way6   The Hard Way (Steve Earle album)10
Always the Hard Way5   Three The Hard Way7
Three the Hard Way (film)4   Three the Hard Way (film)4
Four the Hard Way4   Two the Hard Way13

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