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ˈwood-coal
1. Charcoal obtained from wood; with pl., a piece of this: = coal n. 4. arch. or Hist.
1653[see coal n. 4]. 1727[Dorrington] Philip Quarll (1816) 14 In both..places appeared to have been fire made..by wood coals. 1855Browning Fra Lippo 38 It's not your chance to have a bit of chalk, A wood-coal or the like?
2. = lignite.
1799R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 348 Coal..is often..found under basalt:—Wood coal is sometimes found under both. 1830Herschel Study Nat. Phil. i. iii. (1851) 45 Thin seams..of fossil-wood and wood-coal.
Hence † ˈwood-ˌcoaler, -ˌcollier, a maker of or dealer in ‘wood-coal’ (sense 1): = collier 1, 2.
1600West Riding Sessions Rolls (Yorks. Rec. Ser. III.) 216 Robertus Scoorer nuper de Emley..wooddcollier. 1659in Marshall Edwinstow Reg. (1891) 32 Elizabeth Childe wood coallers wife. 1708Lond. Gaz. No. 4447/4 Richard Badily, a Wood-Collier. |