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Meanings of adit in English

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Usage of adit in English
1
One lurks at an adit until a pair of sentinels walk past.
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2
I must get Leggo to show me that adit this very afternoon.
Major Vigoureux
3
A long, long adit that ran south to the Bhu-Gil mine.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
4
Her pack was in the adit and she could not survive without it.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
5
You know where the old adit goes into the cliff under Carn Coppa?
Major Vigoureux
6
Anyway, it's quite hot enough here, and we'll hump this truck along to the adit.
The Gold Trail
7
A few minutes sufficed to bring them to the beach at the mouth of the adit.
Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
8
They'll hold out a month or two, and piffle away at the adit to save appearances.
The Gold Trail
9
The adit which drains the mines of Gwennap in Cornwall, with its branches, is thirty miles long.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action
10
There was no one in sight as she darted across the open ground and inside the adit.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
11
This was a test adit, and the tilt of the strata indicated that its slope was steep.
Carmen's Messenger
12
So down, down, till he came to the level, and crept along the adit to the shore.
A Maid of the Silver Sea
13
There was no opened adit showing stars.
The Great Book of Amber
14
The adit of the mine was at the apex of the hill, which drooped off to the north.
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Volume 1
15
You said the lead ran right back to the hill and one could follow it with an adit.
The Gold Trail
16
There were no tracks on the crusted surface but she seemed to be heading toward the main adit.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
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