coal-trimmer

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• Trimmer

  ·noun An instrument with which trimming is done. II. Trimmer ·noun One who trims, arranges, fits, o...

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• Coal

  ·vt To mark or delineate with charcoal. II. Coal ·vt To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer. I...

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• Coal

  It is by no means certain that the Hebrews were acquainted with mineral coal, although it is found i...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Coal

  The first and most frequent use of the word rendered coal is a live ember, burning fuel. (Proverbs 2...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• limb-trimmer

  a taylor. N. ...

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• Bovey coal

  ·- A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable...

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• Caking coal

  ·- ·see <<Coal>>. ...

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• Canal coal

  ·- ·see Cannel coal. ...

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• Candle coal

  ·- ·see Cannel coal. ...

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• Cannel coal

  ·- A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It b...

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• Coal tar

  ·- A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture ...

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• Coal works

  ·- A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal. ...

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• Coal-black

  ·adj As black as coal; jet black; very black. ...

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• Coal-meter

  ·noun A licensed or official coal measurer in London. ·see <<Meter>>. ...

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• Coal-whipper

  ·noun One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. ...

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• Day-coal

  ·noun The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface. ...

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• Kennel coal

  ·- ·see Cannel coal. ...

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• Sea coal

  ·- Coal brought by sea; — a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of Engl...

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• Coal Exchange

  On the north side of Lower Thames Street at No. 96, and at the south-east corner of St. Mary Hill (P...

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• Coal Wharf

  At the south end of Joyners' Alley, the easternmmost wharf in Vintry Ward (Rocque, 1746). See Golde...

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• coal-hod

  A kettle for carrying coals to the fire. More frequently called, as in England, a coal-scuttle. Mr. ...

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• kennel-coal

  a sort of coal. ...

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• coal-fish

  The Gadus carbonarius. Called gerrack in its first year, cuth or queth in its second, sayth in its t...

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• coal-sacks

  An early name of some dark patches of sky in the Milky Way, nearly void of stars visible to the nake...

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• coal-say

  The coal-fish. ...

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• coal-tar

  Tar extracted from bituminous coal. ...

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• Coal Meters' Office

  See Wilson's Yard. The coal-meters were 15 in number, and were officers appointed to inspect the ju...

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• Red Cross Coal Wharf

  South out of Upper Thames Street, on the west side of London Bridge, near Old Swan (Lockie, 1810 and...

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