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high-grade ((1)) ((v.)) 1 † 
1 v. Mining steal high-grade ore from a mine.
- 1910 (1921) A massive-jawed fighting bulldog was turned loose nightly in the ore-house to guard the sacks of high grade ore; but Red Meekins . . . went on high-grading.
- 1963 Some Timmins stores have been known to accept high-graded ore in payment for grocery bills.
2 v. Lumbering remove only the best timber from a stand.
- 1964 "We've been living high off the hog. We've been high-grading the forests," Mr. McKee said, adding that in British Columbia some operators have been wasting half of the wood and in other provinces, due to improvident practices, yields were but a fraction of possible maximums.
- 1910 (1921) A massive-jawed fighting bulldog was turned loose nightly in the ore-house to guard the sacks of high grade ore; but Red Meekins . . . went on high-grading.