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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1875
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BLACK COAL, n. “Coal slightly burned by igneous rock”, natural coke (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Mining Terms 10); “a fine sort of cannel coal or jet used by carpenters and masons to mark on wood or stone” (Sc. 1893 N.E.D.).Sc. 1875 A. Ure Dict. Arts I. 356:
Black coal, slate coal, cannel coal, and foliated coal, were so called by Jameson and other mineralogists of his day [c.1800].
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