white coaln.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪt ˈkəʊl/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪt ˈkoʊl/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and coal n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., coal n.

Etymology: < white adj. + coal n. Compare earlier black coal n.With later use in sense 3 compare French houille blanche (1889). The French term was first used in writing by the engineer Aristide Bergès in a letter (dated 5 July 1889) to the publisher of the periodical Le Dauphiné, and subsequently featured in Bergès's exhibit for the World Exhibition which took place in Paris in the same year.

†1. Dried wood (as contrasted with charcoal) used as a fuel in smelting. Cf. black coal n. 1. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > for specific miscellaneous purposes

coalwood1562

white coal1670

fire-bavin1779

oven wood1794

1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales xxv. 39 One Clark as an ordinary person to attend daily on the Mills..and to deliver out by measure and weight all White coale, Black coale and Oar, as they daily come in.

a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 127 Then they carry it [sc. silver ore]..to each Smelter's several Bing, where it is melted with Black and White Coal.

1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 32 I saw no other Fuel used [in smelting] on this Occasion but dried Sticks, which they call white Coal.

1782 R. Watson Chem. Ess. III. viii. 272 In this furnace ore and charcoal, or ore and what they call white coal, which is wood dried but not charred.

2. 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 rare.

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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

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. 132 Catch-earth, 1 yard thick, mixt with wild Iron-stone, which covers or lyes upon 1. The white, or top coal. 2. Heath, or tough coal. 3. Fine coal, or sea coal.

1809 Monthly Mag. Nov. 385/1 The second bed, called the top-slipper, and the third and fourth beds, which, together are called the white-coal, are reckoned the best for chamber fires.

1835 J. Holland Hist. & Descr. Fossil Fuel, Collieries, & Coal Trade vii. 142 Of the strata 33 to 34, the white coal is very good for general use; the tow coals and brassils are esteemed for furnaces.

1848 T. Baker Pract. Surv. District Dudley x. 135 The uppermost bed or seam of coal in this section is, in the collier's dialect, termed White Coal, which bed contains what they term Rooves, Top Slipper, and Spires.

1881 R. R. Hodgson Chem. Mine 80 The upper section, consisting of the white coal, roof coal, and the ten-feet measure is worked off before the bottom section is commenced with.

3. A source of energy regarded as being cleaner than coal; spec. hydroelectric power. Cf. white fuel n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f.

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the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > source of energy or power > renewable > water as

white coal1885

white fuel1901

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > [noun] > generated by water

white coal1885

white fuel1901

hydroelectricity1904

hydro1916

hydropower1933

tidal2002

the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [noun] > as reservoir of force

white coal1913

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [noun]

fireOE

electricity1646

electrical fire1745

ethericity1748

white coal1916

wattage1977

leccy1987

1885 Neepawa (Manitoba) Star 21 Aug. 2/1 Nor should those intrusted with the people's money..embezzle..the least portion of that money, under colour of black coal or white coal, ditch contracts, or any other pretext.

1913 W. J. Weston & A. Crew Pitman's Dict. Econ. & Banking Terms 149 White Coal, a fanciful name given to a glacier in so far as it is a reservoir of force.

1916 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 397 Envying the Italians the clear atmosphere their towns..enjoy through the use of ‘white coal’ in place of black.

1963 Daily Tel. 18 Sept. 14 All may not think electricity the best heating or cooking or even lighting agent. But it is the cleanest and simplest and deserves its title of ‘white coal’.

2011 D. N. Chorafas Energy, Environment, Nat. Resources & Business Competitiveness v. 91 Hydroelectric power, also known as white coal..is renewable energy and it is sustainable, provided that rainfall continues at an expected rate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white coal
释义	white coaln. Brit. /ˌwʌɪt ˈkəʊl/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪt ˈkoʊl/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and coal n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., coal n. Etymology: < white adj. + coal n. Compare earlier black coal n.With later use in sense 3 compare French houille blanche (1889). The French term was first used in writing by the engineer Aristide Bergès in a letter (dated 5 July 1889) to the publisher of the periodical Le Dauphiné, and subsequently featured in Bergès's exhibit for the World Exhibition which took place in Paris in the same year. †1. Dried wood (as contrasted with charcoal) used as a fuel in smelting. Cf. black coal n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > for specific miscellaneous purposes coalwood1562 white coal1670 fire-bavin1779 oven wood1794 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales xxv. 39 One Clark as an ordinary person to attend daily on the Mills..and to deliver out by measure and weight all White coale, Black coale and Oar, as they daily come in. a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 127 Then they carry it [sc. silver ore]..to each Smelter's several Bing, where it is melted with Black and White Coal. 1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 32 I saw no other Fuel used [in smelting] on this Occasion but dried Sticks, which they call white Coal. 1782 R. Watson Chem. Ess. III. viii. 272 In this furnace ore and charcoal, or ore and what they call white coal, which is wood dried but not charred. 2. 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 rare. 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 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. 132 Catch-earth, 1 yard thick, mixt with wild Iron-stone, which covers or lyes upon 1. The white, or top coal. 2. Heath, or tough coal. 3. Fine coal, or sea coal. 1809 Monthly Mag. Nov. 385/1 The second bed, called the top-slipper, and the third and fourth beds, which, together are called the white-coal, are reckoned the best for chamber fires. 1835 J. Holland Hist. & Descr. Fossil Fuel, Collieries, & Coal Trade vii. 142 Of the strata 33 to 34, the white coal is very good for general use; the tow coals and brassils are esteemed for furnaces. 1848 T. Baker Pract. Surv. District Dudley x. 135 The uppermost bed or seam of coal in this section is, in the collier's dialect, termed White Coal, which bed contains what they term Rooves, Top Slipper, and Spires. 1881 R. R. Hodgson Chem. Mine 80 The upper section, consisting of the white coal, roof coal, and the ten-feet measure is worked off before the bottom section is commenced with. 3. A source of energy regarded as being cleaner than coal; spec. hydroelectric power. Cf. white fuel n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > source of energy or power > renewable > water as white coal1885 white fuel1901 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > [noun] > generated by water white coal1885 white fuel1901 hydroelectricity1904 hydro1916 hydropower1933 tidal2002 the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [noun] > as reservoir of force white coal1913 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [noun] fireOE electricity1646 electrical fire1745 ethericity1748 white coal1916 wattage1977 leccy1987 1885 Neepawa (Manitoba) Star 21 Aug. 2/1 Nor should those intrusted with the people's money..embezzle..the least portion of that money, under colour of black coal or white coal, ditch contracts, or any other pretext. 1913 W. J. Weston & A. Crew Pitman's Dict. Econ. & Banking Terms 149 White Coal, a fanciful name given to a glacier in so far as it is a reservoir of force. 1916 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 397 Envying the Italians the clear atmosphere their towns..enjoy through the use of ‘white coal’ in place of black. 1963 Daily Tel. 18 Sept. 14 All may not think electricity the best heating or cooking or even lighting agent. But it is the cleanest and simplest and deserves its title of ‘white coal’. 2011 D. N. Chorafas Energy, Environment, Nat. Resources & Business Competitiveness v. 91 Hydroelectric power, also known as white coal..is renewable energy and it is sustainable, provided that rainfall continues at an expected rate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1670
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