high-grade

high-grade
high-grader, n.
/huy"grayd"/, adj., v., high-graded, high-grading. adj.
1. of excellent or superior quality.
2. (of ore) yielding a relatively large amount of the metal for which it is mined.
v.t.
3. to steal (rich ore) from a mine.
[1875-80]

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