Small or refuse coal. Also attributive.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > small, refuse, impure, or coal-dust (35) slackc1440 Small or refuse coal. Also attributive. smith coal1466 coal broken in small pieces, suitable for use in a smith's forge; (also) †a piece of this (obsolete). smithy coal1482 coal in small pieces, suitable for use in a smith's forge; (also) †a piece of this (obsolete). coal dusta1529 Powdered coal; fine particles of coal. panwood1531 Small lumps of coal or dross originally and chiefly used as fuel for salt pans. Formerly also: †a measure of such coal or dross (obsolete). smith's coal1578 coal broken in small pieces, suitable for use in a smith's forge. kirving1599 Coal Mining plural. Coal dust or small pieces of coal produced during mining operations. culm1603 Coal-dust, small or refuse coal, slack. coom1611 Coal dust or refuse, small coal, slack: cf. culm, n.1 small coal1643 Coal that is small in size. Also: fine or powdered coal; = slack, n.2 Now chiefly historical. smit1670 A deposit of poor quality coal. Cf. smut, n. 3. Obsolete. rare. smut1686 Coal Mining. Bad, soft, earthy coal. slag1695 Impure or fragmentary coal, slack (slack, n.2); coal waste, cinders. Formerly also: †a deposit or bed of such material (obsolete). duff1724 Coal in the form of small particles and dust; small coal, slack. Also duff coal. duff coal1724 Coal in the form of small particles and dust; small coal, slack. Also duff coal. small1780 Small coal; slack. Also: (in plural) varieties of small coal. Now rare. gum1790 Coal dust, fine coal; now esp. that produced by a coal-cutting machine. stinking coal1803 = stinker, n. 4. cobbles1811 plural. Coal of the size of small cobble stones. nubbling1825 A small lump of coal. stinkers1841 plural. (See quot. 1841.) local. rubble1844 Coal Mining. Small pieces of coal; slack. Also in plural (rare). Cf. rubble coal n. at compounds 3. Now rare. pea1855 Something small and round like a pea. More fully pea-coal. Pieces of coal of a very small size; one of these. nuts1857 In plural. Small lumps of coal, esp. those graded as having less than a certain diameter. See also compounds 1e. Now rare. nut coal1861 In the sense ‘in the form of nuts’ (sense A. 13); esp. in nut coal. slap1865 Slack. Also attributive. burgee1867 A kind of small coal suitable for burning in the furnaces of engines. smudge1883 Very small coal; fine slack, coal dust. waste1883 Coal Mining. (See quot. 1883.) treble1901 In technical and elliptical uses. plural. A quality or grade of small coal. coal smut1910 (a) particulate coal, often mixed with earth, found as a layer above a coal deposit (now rare); (b) coal particles or soot produced by a coal fire… gumming1938 plural =gum, n.6 nutty slack1953 coal slack in small lumps or nuts; also figurative (see quot. 1959). Subcategories:— specific type (2) |
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