cannel coal

American  

[kan-l] / ˈkæn l /

noun

1. an oily, compact coal, burning readily and brightly.

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cannel coal British  

/ ˈkænəl /

noun

1. a dull coal having a high volatile content and burning with a smoky luminous flame

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Etymology

Origin of cannel coal

1530–40; cannel from candle (dial. form)

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Example Sentences

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cannel coal

On digging a ditch to drain a part of a bog in Maine, U.S., in which peat to a depth of twenty feet had accumulated, a substance similar to cannel coal itself was found.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Edward A. Martin

The young girls are fond of long hair, black as cannel coal, and streaming in a startling cataract to the hips.

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Murat Halstead

Examine graphite, anthracite coal, bituminous coal, cannel coal, wood, gas carbon, coke.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams

Coal is found along the Upper Missouri, and a deposit of cannel coal near the Three Butts, northwest of Fort Benton, is also said to exist.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various

No members of the Glasgow Committee were present when either the undisputed Late Celtic comb, or the inscribed, perforated, and disputed pieces of cannel coal were discovered. 

From The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore by Andrew Lang

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