Min"er (?), n. [Cf. F.
mineur.]
1. One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.;
one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones,
out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have
sappers and miners.
2. (Zoöl.) (a)
Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate
galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths
and dipterous flies. (b) The chattering,
or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha
garrula).
Miner's elbow (Med.), a swelling on
the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the
olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in
miners. -- Miner's inch, in hydraulic
mining, the amount of water flowing under a given pressure in a given
time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring
the quantity of water supplied.