| 单词 | running coal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrunning coal running coal n. a variety of bituminous coal; = ring coal n. at ring n.1 Compounds 2a. ΚΠ a1613 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 88 Called the runinge Coale; for that when it first kindleth it melteth and runeth as wax, and groweth into one Clod. 1815 W. Davies Gen. View Agric. & Domest. Econ. S. Wales II. xiv. 334 Binding or caking coal is called by the Welsh..glo rhing, probably an abbreviation of the English running coal. 1964 A. Nelson Dict. Mining 382 Running coal, a term applied to bituminous coal on account of its tendency to soften and cohere when burning. 1993 J. Hatcher Hist. Brit. Coal. Ind. I. iv. xii. 422 Smiths' coal was frequently recognized as a distinct variety. In Scotland it was known as ‘smiddy coal’, in Wales as ring coal or running coal. < as lemmas |
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