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cannel coal

[ kan-l ]

noun

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


cannel coal

/ ˈkænəl /

noun

  1. a dull coal having a high volatile content and burning with a smoky luminous flame
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cannel coal1

1530–40; cannel from candle (dial. form)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cannel coal1

C16: from northern English dialect cannel candle: so called from its bright flame
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Example Sentences

Use wood for fuel if possible; if not, the softest of cannel-coal.

Cannel coal is a variety of bituminous that gives off much gas.

In Liverpool, gas from cannel coal is supplied at the low price of 3s.

The price of the best Wiggan cannel-coal (the sort used) is 131⁄2d. per cwt.

A cannel-coal mine near Bolton in Lancashire with a perpendicular shaft, twelve hundred feet deep.

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