mineful

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An amount sufficient to fill a mine.

   • The Americans abandoned what had become a more than useless concession, and to-day a mineful of water, colored with copper sulphates and lapping undetermined streaks of ore, remains the property of the Virgin of Cobre.
2. 2

   A large amount, particularly of something obtained through mining.

   • Oh this earth is a mineful of treasure, A goblet, that's full to the brim,
   • I had taken all this with a mineful of salt and had not been calling Violet more often.
   • Next came a glittering cloud, all wisps and sparkles, which eventually revealed itself to be Miss Daisy Athensasy in a swansdown-trimmed gown and a mineful of diamonds.

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