| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Incline man | Mining | In mining, a laborer who controls the movement of cars on a self-acting incline (loaded car going down one track pulls empty cars up on other), hooking cable to loaded or empty cars, starting them down the incline, and applying brake to cable drum by a lever to control their speed of descent. Also called dilly boy; drum runner; monitor operator; plane man; wheel runner; jinnier. (references) | |
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