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单词 coal work
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coal workn.

Brit. /ˈkəʊl wəːk/, U.S. /ˈkoʊl ˌwərk/
Forms: see coal n. and work n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coal n., work n.
Etymology: < coal n. + work n.
1. A place or establishment where coal is mined or processed; a colliery. Usually in plural (often with singular agreement).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > coal-mine
pit1447
coal mine1475
coal work?1610
coalery1644
colliery1648
coalface1771
coal-working1774
?1610 in F. W. Dendy Extracts Rec. Company of Hostmen Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1901) 58 The Coleworks which..formerly were wrought, and were sufficient for the furnishinge of the kingdome with that comoditie, is not nowe able to supplie that want by a verye great proportion.
1697 E. Lhuyd Let. 15 June in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1712) 27 467 Their Coal-works were not Pits sunk like Draw-wells; but great Inroads made into the side of the Hill.
1778 D. Loch Tour Trading Towns Scotl. 18 Lord Cochran has laid out a large sum in erecting a coal-work, and making an harbour.
1824 G. Stephenson Let. 16 Nov. (1973) i. 82 I am desired to examine Lord Crew's Coalworks in the neighbourhood of Newcastle under line.
1870 A. Creigh Hist. Washington County v. 118 Whitetown coal works is on the railroad.
1930 Times 21 Nov. 20/4 The picture..of strikes at the coal works, of attempts to establish a national school, and to improve sanitary conditions, is at once moving and pathetic.
2009 J. Tabak Coal & Oil i. 7 Pipelines were run from the coal works to street lamps.
2. Drawing in charcoal or black crayon. Obsolete. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > in specific medium
coal work1651
crayon1662
pastel1791
pencilling1803
pen sketch1847
pen-picture1853
sanguine1854
pen and ink1860
black lead study1862
sepia1863
stylograph1866
charcoal1884
fusain1884
line drawing1891
celluloid1920
1651 G. Daniel Eclog. Let. You may iudge Draughts sometimes in Cole-Works, to hit the Naturalitie of Lines Studied by finer Pencills.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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