wood-coaln.
/ˈwʊdkəʊl/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌkoʊl/ 1. Charcoal obtained from wood; with plural, a piece of this: = coal n. 2 archaic or Historical.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > charcoal > [noun]
coalOE
charcoalc1400
lind-coal14..
black coal1525
small coal1591
beech-coal1607
sallow charcoal1615
brier-coal1626
wood-coal1653
withy-cole1657
chark1708
vegetable ethiops1752
biochar1995
1653 [implied in: I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 58 Let him [a Chub] then be boiled gently over a Chafing-dish with wood coles.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 9 In both..Places appear'd to have been Fire..by Wood-Coals..made.
1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 37 It's not your chance to have a bit of chalk, A wood-coal or the like?
2. = lignite n.
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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
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > lignite
moor-coal1562
Bovey coal1761
surturbrand1761
wood-coal1799
lignite1808
brown coal1833
peat-coal1851
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 348 Coal..is often..found under basalt:—Wood coal is sometimes found under both.
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. i. iii. 45 Thin seams..of fossil-wood and wood-coal.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in coal
wood-coaler1600
collier1625
coal merchant1645
coal fitter1655
coal monger1665
coal factor1715
coal vend1906
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other manufactured materials > [noun] > of charcoal
coaler1276
colliera1375
coalmana1450
wood-coaler1600
charcoal-collier1636
coalburner1636
charcoal-burner1825
1600 West Riding Sessions Rolls (Yorks. Rec. Ser. III.) 216 Robertus Scoorer nuper de Emley..wooddcollier.
1659 in Marshall Edwinstow Reg. (1891) 32 Elizabeth Childe wood coallers wife.
1708 London Gaz. No. 4447/4 Richard Badily, a Wood-Collier.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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