Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of greenish- or yellowish-gray coal occurring in masses made up of foliaceous layers, which when burning emits a very fetid odor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning.
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- noun mineralogy An
impure earthy orcoaly bitumen , which emits a highly foetid odour when burning.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, meaning "ill-smelling".
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