| 单词 |
stone-coal |
| 释义 |
stone-coal|ˈstəʊnˌkəʊl|
(Also as two words.)
[Cf. Ger. steinkohle, Du. steenkool.]
†1. Mineral coal, as distinguished from charcoal: = coal n. 5. Obs.
1585Higins Junius' Nomencl. 377/2 Seacole: Smithes cole: stone cole. 1602R. Carew Cornwall i. 21 Stone cole, fetched out of Wales. 1673H. Stubbe Further Vind. Dutch War App. 126 To digg for any Quarry of Stone, or Mine for Oare, or Stone-coles. 1741Phil. Trans. XLI. 672 This Bishoprick (Liege) has rich Mines of Houille or Stone-coal.
2. Any hard variety of coal, esp. anthracite.
1708J. C. Compl. Collier (1845) 19 The Stone-Coal is so called because it has a sort of Stone, which is in the Bed or Vein of Coal. 1712Phil. Trans. XXVII. 541 A Coal like Cannal-Coal, by the Miners called Stone-Coal. 1823W. Phillips Min. (ed. 3) 366 Slaty Anthracite..is found in the coal-formation near Walsal in Staffordshire (Stone Coal). 1877Raymond Statist. Mines 237 Lignite, shale, stone-coal, and fire-clay. 1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-mining 242 Stone coal, anthracite,..Also certain other very hard varieties of coal. |
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