burgeen.
/ˈbəːdʒiː/, /bəːˈdʒiː/, U.S. /ˌbərˈdʒi/, /ˈbərˌdʒi/ 1. A small tapered flag or pennant, three-cornered (or swallow-tailed), used by cutters, yachts, etc., generally as a distinguishing flag.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > long narrow flag > pennon > on a ship, etc.
pennoncela1393
pendant1485
pennon1627
broad pendant1716
burgee1848
racing flag1855
1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 63 87 She allowed her burgee to droop listlessly, flapping it against her mast.
1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 16 Aug. 139 The Commodore ‘makes’ eight o'clock, and up go all the ensigns and burgees.
1884 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads xxxix. 294 A pretty burgee was selected as a distinguishing flag.
2. A kind of small coal suitable for burning in the furnaces of engines.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > small, refuse, impure, or coal-dust
slackc1440
smith coal1466
smithy coal1482
coal dusta1529
panwood1531
smith's coal1578
kirving1599
culm1603
coom1611
small coal1643
smit1670
smut1686
slag1695
duff1724
duff coal1724
small1780
gum1790
stinking coal1803
cobbles1811
nubbling1825
stinkers1841
rubble1844
pea1855
nuts1857
nut coal1861
slap1865
burgee1867
smudge1883
waste1883
treble1901
coal smut1910
gumming1938
nutty slack1953
1867 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Burgie [also in sense 1].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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