Meanings
nouncannel-coal (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of cannel coal.
This invaluable mineral abounds in China; in the province of Pe-tche-le is found a species of graphite: that exposed for sale in the towns along the banks of the Yang-tse-kiang resembles cannel-coal; and, in the vicinity of the Po-yang lake, a description having the character of bovey coal prevails.
1800, George Newenham Wright et al., China..., page 65
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