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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The Icelandic name for lignite, which occurs in considerable quantity in various parts of the island, intercalated between beds of volcanic rocks and tuffs.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood.

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  • noun A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood.

Etymologies

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Icelandic surtarbrandr, "black firebrand".

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