A hard, opaque, combustible black or blackish mineral, consisting mainly of carbon, which occurs in seams or strata at or below the earth's…

A name for mineral coal (‘coal’ in the ordinary modern sense) as distinguished from charcoal. Now historical.

Coal obtained from a pit or mine, as distinct from charcoal; (also) spec. black or bituminous coal (as opposed to anthracite or lignite).

A type of hard, compact, fine-grained bituminous coal (now sometimes classified as an oil shale) which burns with a very bright flame, formerly much…

ordinary coal as opposed to charcoal.

(a piece of) coal exported from Newcastle, formerly a major port used in this trade. Now historical (but cf. to carry coals to Newcastle at coal, n.…

Mineral coal, as distinguished from charcoal: = coal, n. 4. Obsolete.

= main sense.

In full parrot coal. Cannel coal. Formerly also: †a lump of cannel coal (obsolete).

Used as a scientific name for mineral coal (i.e. ‘coal’ in the modern sense), in distinction from xylanthrax (charcoal).

= stone-coal, n.

coal (esp. hard steam coal or anthracite) mined in South Wales.

coal transported by land.

a stratum of coal separated by a non-carbonaceous layer from overlying coal.

iridescent coal.

a type of coal mined and sold in large rough pieces.

English regional (chiefly Staffordshire). Coal Mining. Coal of good quality obtained from the upper layers of a thick seam; a layer of such coal. Now…

(See quot. 1697.)

Stone associated with coal. rare.

Coal Mining. Of a piece of coal: large. Also (of a quantity or grade of coal): consisting of large lumps, with the small pieces separated out. Now…

Any hard variety of coal, esp. anthracite.

(a seam of) coal which is divided into layers by intervening material, typically shale or slate; esp. coal of this type found near the base of a…

A variety of coal (see quot. 1877).

A kind of coal of a deep black colour; spec. bituminous coal or anthracite, as opposed to brown coal. Cf. coal, n. 4a.

By extension, sometimes employed as a synonym of anthracite, or of one of its varieties, the slaty glance coal. Also in plural culms, like coals.

a hard form of coal; anthracite.

a kind of coal resembling wood in its markings.

a lignite or brown-coal of Miocene age, occurring in beds at Bovey, and elsewhere.

coal used in or suitable for house fires, esp. bituminous coal.

Native or mined coal, as distinct from charcoal. Also: †a variety of coal in which there are no traces of plant structure (obsolete).

(See quot. 1883 and splint coal, n.)

Coal with a more or less splintery fracture; originally a less bituminous variety of Scotch cannel coal; now chiefly, a hard and highly…

hard black coal; cannel coal.

Coal of a hard, dense, non-bituminous variety that consists of relatively pure carbon and burns with little flame and smoke; (as a count noun) an…

= lignite, n.

Non-bituminous coal, or anthracite, which burns without flame.

figurative. Chiefly in plural. A piece of coal, spec. anthracite.

a variety of coal found in Shropshire.

a variety of anthracite (German glanzkohle, Dutch glanskool).

A variety of brown coal bearing visible traces of its ligneous structure.

hard steam coal or anthracite mined in South Wales; cf. Welsh coal n.

Coal Mining. In plural. Coal that is less hard than other kinds and easily split; spec. coal of a lower rank (rank, n.1 10), such as brown coal and…

coals loaded from a spout (cf. spouter, n. 4).

A ship or barge able to take coal on board from an overhead chute or spout (spout, n. 2b). Also: (in plural) coals so loaded. Obsolete. rare.

Used attributively (and elliptical as noun), originally as the designation of coal obtained from a seam near Wallsend (now exhausted)…

a name given to lignite, and to some varieties of coal intermediate between lignite and true coal.

(a) a thinly foliated variety of coal, esp. one consisting of the matted remains of the cuticles of plants; (b) the resinous mineral dysodile (rare).

coal suitable for heating water in steam-boilers.

a soft earthy kind of lignite.

a soft coal with a shiny resinous lustre, which ignites readily and burns without caking.

Any of various substances or commodities suitable or intended for domestic use. Cf. household beer n., household bread n. at compounds 2. Now histo…

cherry coal.

coal from which oil is obtained.

English regional (midlands and northern) and Scottish. A lump of coal placed on a fire to keep it smouldering; (more generally) any lump of coal. Cf…

an Irish name for anthracite.

coal from the Pottery Coalfield; Staffordshire coal.

A variety of coal obtained at Silkstone.

coal that splits easily into blocks; spec. an American bituminous furnace coal; also, coal in large lumps.

With capital initial. A type of large steam coal supplied under contract to the Royal Navy. Frequently attributive, as Admiralty coal, etc. Now histo…

(a) English regional yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (cf. sense 1) (rare); (b) shaly coal; also in plural (now rare).

plural = bunker coal n. at compounds 2.

Anglicized as/ˈfjuːzeɪn/. A friable, porous type of coal that occurs as dull layers or masses in bituminous seams; ‘mineral charcoal’.

English regional (Yorkshire and north midlands). Coal Mining. Small particles of coal; slack.

steam coal; also, coal carried by a steamer for its own use and not as cargo.

Coal as brought to the pit-head, not yet cleaned or graded.

coal conveyed on trolleys or street trucks for sale.

= cobble, n.1

elliptical quasi-n. Sea-borne coal. Used attributively.

Scottish and English regional (northern). Cannel coal; bituminous shale. Cf. jet coal n. at compounds 2. Now historical and rare.

Short for steam-coal n. at compounds 7.

screened coal for delivery in sacks.

Welsh coal. Obsolete. rare.

= steam-coal n. at steam, n. compounds 7.

A form of coke sold as a smokeless fuel, esp. for heating.

A kind of coal; an ingredient of coal (see quots.).

A type of hard, compact coal forming a dull layer in a bituminous seam.

A black, highly lustrous, and often brittle type of coal.

In various specific or technical senses. plural. Single-screened coal.

(See quot. 1954.)

In plural. Hard compact coals of larger size; (formerly also) †pieces of slag, clinkers (obsolete).