A name for mineral coal (‘coal’ in the ordinary modern sense) as distinguished from charcoal. Now historical.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > as distinguished from charcoal (5) sea-coal1253 A name for mineral coal (‘coal’ in the ordinary modern sense) as distinguished from charcoal. Now historical. earth coala1552 ordinary coal as opposed to charcoal. stone-coal1585 Mineral coal, as distinguished from charcoal: = coal, n. 4. Obsolete. lithanthrax1612 Used as a scientific name for mineral coal (i.e. ‘coal’ in the modern sense), in distinction from xylanthrax (charcoal). stony coal1617 = stone-coal, n. |
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