Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A layer of coal; a coal-seam.
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Examples
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Here and there we pass a lateral excavation in the face of the bluff where some enterprising settler has opened a tertiary coal-vein, a deposit of iron-ore, or a bed of soft limestone suitable for both flux and mortar purposes.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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He picked up his coal-discovering friend in the city of Pinar del Rio, and proceeded into the country to inspect the coal-vein.
Cuba, Old and New 1893
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