A kettle for carrying coals to the fire. More frequently called, as in England, a coal-scuttle. Mr. Halliwell in his Dic. of Prov. has coal-hood, which is used in the eastern part of England.
·noun A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle. II. Hod ·noun A kind of wooden tray with a handle...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
praise; confession ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Brother Hod; a familiar name for a bricklayer's labourer: from the hod which is used for carrying br...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A hole under a bank or rock, forming a retreat for fish. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(splendor), one of the sons of Zophah, among the descendants of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:37) ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·vt To mark or delineate with charcoal. II. Coal ·vt To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer. I...
It is by no means certain that the Hebrews were acquainted with mineral coal, although it is found i...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The first and most frequent use of the word rendered coal is a live ember, burning fuel. (Proverbs 2...
·- A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable...
·- ·see <<Coal>>. ...
·- ·see Cannel coal. ...
·- A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It b...
·- A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture ...
·- A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal. ...
·adj As black as coal; jet black; very black. ...
·noun A licensed or official coal measurer in London. ·see <<Meter>>. ...
·noun One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. ...
·noun The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface. ...
·- Coal brought by sea; — a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of Engl...
On the north side of Lower Thames Street at No. 96, and at the south-east corner of St. Mary Hill (P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
At the south end of Joyners' Alley, the easternmmost wharf in Vintry Ward (Rocque, 1746). See Golde...
a sort of coal. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
The Gadus carbonarius. Called gerrack in its first year, cuth or queth in its second, sayth in its t...
An early name of some dark patches of sky in the Milky Way, nearly void of stars visible to the nake...
The coal-fish. ...
Tar extracted from bituminous coal. ...
One employed in a steamer to stow and trim the fuel. This duty and that of the stoker are generally ...
See Wilson's Yard. The coal-meters were 15 in number, and were officers appointed to inspect the ju...
South out of Upper Thames Street, on the west side of London Bridge, near Old Swan (Lockie, 1810 and...