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Bovey|ˈbʌvɪ|
[Proper name of a parish near Exeter in Devonshire.]
Bovey coal: a lignite or brown-coal of Miocene age, occurring in beds at Bovey, and elsewhere.
1760Milles Bovey Coal in Phil. Trans. LI. 535 The Devonshire fossil..commonly known by the name of the Bovey Coal. 1860Fordyce Hist. Coal, &c. 31 Bovey Coal is found embedded in the pipe clays of Dorsetshire. 1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. iii. 32 Of coal there are various species; as, pit..cannel..bovey, jet, &c. |