stannary

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to tin mining, especially in Cornwall.

   “The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record.”

noun

1. A tin mine or tinworks.

   “If by publike lavv the mint vvere ordained to be onely ſupplyed by our ſtanneries, hovv currantly vvould they paſs for more precious then ſilver mines?”