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A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.

The act of bestowing; disposal.

The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal. If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view. Chauncy.

n charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production. But O, thou bounteous Giver of all good. Cowper. -- Boun"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Boun"te*ous*ness, n.

Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors. God, the bountiful Author of our being. Locke.

Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence. My bounty is as boundless as the sea. Shak.

ument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges. The king [John, a.d. 1215], with a facility somewhat suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the "Great Charter," either gra…

The act of conferring or bestowing. [Obs.] Not by the collation of the king . . . but by the people. Bacon.

The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. After donation there an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. South.

The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.

Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] E. Phillips.

The act of giving out or bestowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Bestowing praise of eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic. [R.] -- Eu*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]

Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse. -- Eu"lo*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.

The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.

The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.

To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory. Jesus was not yet glorified. John vii. 39.

The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.