| 单词 | parrot coal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparrot coal In full parrot coal. Cannel coal. Formerly also: †a lump of cannel coal (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] coal1253 sea-coal1253 pit-coal1483 cannel1541 earth coala1552 horse coal1552 Newcastle coal1552 stone-coal1585 cannel coal1587 parrot1594 burn-coal1597 lithanthrax1612 stony coal1617 Welsh coala1618 land-coala1661 foot coal1665 peacock coal1686 rough coal1686 white coal1686 heathen-coalc1697 coal-stone1708 round1708 stone-coal1708 bench-coal1712 slipper coal1712 black coal1713 culm1742 rock coal1750 board coal1761 Bovey coal1761 house coal1784 mineral coal1785 splint1789 splint coal1789 jet coal1794 anthracite1797 wood-coal1799 blind-coal1802 black diamond1803 silk-coal1803 glance-coal1805 lignite1808 Welsh stone-coal1808 soft1811 spout coals1821 spouter1821 Wallsend1821 brown coal1833 paper coal1833 steam-coal1850 peat-coal1851 cherry-coal1853 household1854 sinter coal1854 oil coal1856 raker1857 Kilkenny coal1861 Pottery coal1867 silkstone1867 block coal1871 admiralty1877 rattlejack1877 bunker1883 fusain1883 smitham1883 bunker coal1885 triping1886 trolley coal1890 kibble1891 sea-borne1892 jet1893 steam1897 sack coal1898 Welsh1898 navigation coal1900 Coalite1906 clarain1919 durain1919 vitrain1919 single1921 kolm1930 hards1956 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > cannel coal cannel1541 cannel coal1587 parrot1594 coal-stone1728 jet coal1794 jet1893 kolm1930 1594 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1983) at Parrat-coll Reservand to the saidis lordis self..the coll callit the parrat coll. 1617 in J. Imrie & J. G. Dunbar Accts. Masters of Wks. (1982) II. 28 For tua laid of coalles and a burding of parrattes to the glasinwrycht. 1645–6 J. Hope Diary in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1958) IX. 146 Or lyke a hard parrett coalle. 1713 Rep. of Blairingon Coal in Atholl MSS in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) They measured the Coall and finds that it is exactly 17 Inches thick of a black Coall and tuo Inches above wall of a parrot Coall. 1772 Edinb. Evening Courant 4 Jan. There are several seams of coal in the lands of New Gilstoun, particularly one of fine parrot. 1853 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 13 124 ‘Parrot’..might be applied to them, from the fact that, when burning, they ‘chattered’ somewhat like a parrot. 1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) v. 343 Cannel or parrot coal is a dense, dry, structureless, lustreless, highly-bituminous variety, which breaks with a conchoidal fracture. 1925 H. M. Cadell Rocks W. Lothian 19 Some kinds of cannel, locally known as ‘wild parrot’ or ‘pelt’, are so full of ash as to be unworkable. 1952 R. Holman Diamond Panes 120 The coal used in the manufacture of the gas was the ‘parrot’, a highly inflammable coal, not very plentiful. 1999 A. Findlay Shale Voices 208 Many samples were tested, and the most productive was found to be Torbanite—also known as Boghead Parrot Coal. < as lemmas |
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