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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Haseing, n. [f. hass(e Hals n. neck, throat. Also in the later dial.] In a coal-mine: ‘A vertical gutter or drainpipe between water rings in a shaft’. —1671 Dunferm. Coal Acc. 4 b.
For redding the haseing to dry the nether roum
