| 单词 | scotch coal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch coal Scotch coal n. now chiefly historical any of various types of coal mined in Scotland, or thought to resemble this; spec. anthracite. ΚΠ 1644 Artificiall Fire or Coale 1 Burn them with a little Scotch-coale, or Wood, or any Combustible matter to fire it. 1707 I. Newton Let. 14 Nov. in Corr. (1967) IV. 500 It is..at present necessary for the Master of her Majties Mint at Edinburgh to allay the silver molten with Scotch coal. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough iii. iii Get a Scotch coal fire in the parlour. 1842 J. Blunt Speeches, Rev., Rep., &c. 259 The general character of Scotch coal is different. It is of two kinds; the rock coal, which burns to a good cinder, and produces but little ashes; and the splent or stone coal..burns freely, with considerable smoke. 1887 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 320 1566/1 The Scotch coal is very smoky, a large portion of it going into ashes and clinkers. 1932 J. U. Nef Rise Brit. Coal Industry I. i. ii. 119 Wealthy citizens..stocked their cellars mainly with wood, charcoal, and Scotch coal, avoiding the despised ‘sea coal’. < as lemmas |
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