| 单词 | coal smut |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal smut coal smut n. (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, coal-burning locomotive, etc.; a particle of this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > small, refuse, impure, or coal-dust slackc1440 smith coal1466 smithy coal1482 coal dusta1529 panwood1531 smith's coal1578 kirving1599 culm1603 coom1611 small coal1643 smit1670 smut1686 slag1695 duff1724 duff coal1724 small1780 gum1790 stinking coal1803 cobbles1811 nubbling1825 stinkers1841 rubble1844 pea1855 nuts1857 nut coal1861 slap1865 burgee1867 smudge1883 waste1883 treble1901 coal smut1910 gumming1938 nutty slack1953 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. ii. i. 91 That black Earth which is usually found above the Coal, in the Coal-Countries, and is there called Coal-Smut, and Urry. 1813 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. vi. 161 In most coal fields there are thin strata of coal-smut or carbonaceous and other particles intermixt. 1831 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters IV. 95 The rain, blackened by coal smut, descends in inky streams. 1910 L. Villari Russia III. vi. 123 A continual rumbling and whirring sound of machinery fills one's ears, a heavy pall hangs over the town, and the atmosphere is thick with coal smuts. 1914 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 541. 482 The coal is badly weathered at the surface, where only coal ‘smut’ (coal highly disintegrated) is exposed. 2007 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 11 Aug. 7 A steam train..hoots and belches out coal smuts on its way to the country town of Alresford. < as lemmas |
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