\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. (Zo["o]l.)
   (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.