† coal-stonen.
Obsolete.
1. A hard form of coal; bituminous coal, anthracite. Cf. stone-coal n. 2.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > cannel coal
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coal-stone1728
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kolm1930
1587 A. Golding tr. Solinus Worthie Work xlix. sig. Aa.i The Anthracias glittereth as it were with sparkling stars. [margin] The Anthracias or the colestone.
1669 J. Childrey Let. 12 July in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1969) VI. 109 I desired to see some of their Colestone... It is a gray slaty stone, which is digged up in great plenty on the Northeast side of ye Island [sc. Portland].
1728 J. Woodward Catal. Addit. Eng. Native Fossils 17 They call it Coalstone. It flames easily, and burns freely: but holds and endures the Fire much longer than Coal.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Coal-stone, a sort of cannel-coal.
2. Stone associated with coal. rare.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun]
coal1253
sea-coal1253
pit-coal1483
cannel1541
earth coala1552
horse coal1552
Newcastle coal1552
stone-coal1585
cannel coal1587
parrot1594
burn-coal1597
lithanthrax1612
stony coal1617
Welsh coala1618
land-coala1661
foot coal1665
peacock coal1686
rough coal1686
white coal1686
heathen-coalc1697
coal-stone1708
round1708
stone-coal1708
bench-coal1712
slipper coal1712
black coal1713
culm1742
rock coal1750
board coal1761
Bovey coal1761
house coal1784
mineral coal1785
splint1789
splint coal1789
jet coal1794
anthracite1797
wood-coal1799
blind-coal1802
black diamond1803
silk-coal1803
glance-coal1805
lignite1808
Welsh stone-coal1808
soft1811
spout coals1821
spouter1821
Wallsend1821
brown coal1833
paper coal1833
steam-coal1850
peat-coal1851
cherry-coal1853
household1854
sinter coal1854
oil coal1856
raker1857
Kilkenny coal1861
Pottery coal1867
silkstone1867
block coal1871
admiralty1877
rattlejack1877
bunker1883
fusain1883
smitham1883
bunker coal1885
triping1886
trolley coal1890
kibble1891
sea-borne1892
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steam1897
sack coal1898
Welsh1898
navigation coal1900
Coalite1906
clarain1919
durain1919
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single1921
kolm1930
hards1956
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 2 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) The Undoubted Tokens or Signs of a Colliery... An Out-burst or appearance of such Stone (as we call Coal-Stone).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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