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kennel-coal
a sort of coal.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Kennel
·vt To put or keep in a kennel.
II. Kennel ·noun The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
III. K...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Coal
·vt To mark or delineate with charcoal.
II. Coal ·vt To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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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
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skip kennel
A footman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Bovey coal
·- A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Coal tar
·- A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Sea coal
·- Coal brought by sea;
— a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of Engl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coal Wharf
At the south end of Joyners' Alley, the easternmmost wharf in Vintry Ward (Rocque, 1746).
See Golde...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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coal-hod
A kettle for carrying coals to the fire. More frequently called, as in England, a coal-scuttle. Mr. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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coal-say
The coal-fish.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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coal-tar
Tar extracted from bituminous coal.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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coal-trimmer
One employed in a steamer to stow and trim the fuel. This duty and that of the stoker are generally ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.