Definitions
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 orbituminous wood .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is called surturbrand, a variety of brown coal or lignite, found chiefly in
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It is called surturbrand, a variety of brown coal or lignite, found chiefly in Iceland. "
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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With a few more pieces of surturbrand he had refitted our vessel.
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It was ten feet by five; the planks of surturbrand, braced strongly together with cords, presented an even surface, and when launched this improvised vessel floated easily upon the waves of the Liedenbrock Sea.
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I thought I recognised the bed of surturbrand, our faithful Hansbach, and the grotto in which I had recovered life and consciousness.
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I thought I recognised the bed of surturbrand, our faithful Hansbach, and the grotto in which I had recovered life and consciousness.
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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It was ten feet by five; the planks of surturbrand, braced strongly together with cords, presented an even surface, and when launched this improvised vessel floated easily upon the waves of the Liedenbrock Sea.
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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With a few more pieces of surturbrand he had refitted our vessel.
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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The Icelandic surturbrand, or lignite, of this age has also yielded a rich harvest of plants, more than thirty-one of them, according to
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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