| 单词 | smith's coal |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmith's coal smith's coal n. now chiefly historical coal broken in small pieces, suitable for use in a smith's forge.Also called smith coal, smithy coal. 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 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 175 It groweth..whereas there hath bene myning for Iron and Smithes cole [Du. smee colen; Fr. charbons de mareschaux]. 1719 J. Strachey in Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 970 Under this again between five and six Fathom lies the Smith's Coal Vein, about a yard thick. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic 649 The fuel used is fine coal generally called ‘Smith's coal’ or ‘slack’. 1972 Econ. Hist. Rev. 25 43 All the new collieries produced either cannel or smith's coal, which alone could compete in the new coastal markets opened by the Douglas [sc. a canalized river]. 2006 Yorks. Archaeol. Jrnl. 78 207 More valuable was the Smith's Coal from the Five Foot Seam, which Hardcastle sold to the value of £97 in 1781. < as lemmas |
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