coals

To be hauled over the coals, is to be brought to strict account.

← coaling × coal-sacks →

cob-coals
large pit-coals. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
sacks of coals
The seaman's name for the black Magellanic clouds, or patches of deep blue sky in the milky-way near...

The Sailor's Word-Book
devil-on-the-coals
n. a Bushman's name fora small and quickly-baked damper. 1862. Rev. A. Polehampton, `Kangaroo Land...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris