Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Woodcoal: in distinction from lithanthrax.

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

  • noun Wood coal, or charcoal; -- so called in distinction from mineral coal.

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  • noun archaic Wood coal or charcoal, distinguished from mineral coal; lignite.

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Ancient Greek

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