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vitrain
[ vi-treyn ]
noun
- the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
vitrain
/ ˈvɪtreɪn /
noun
- a type of coal occurring as horizontal glassy bands of a nonsoiling friable material
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vitrain1
C20: from Latin vitrum glass + -ain, as in fusain
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