Meanings
nounsmall coal (countable and uncountable, plural small coals)
plural small coals · alternative smallcoal
- countableobsoleteuncountableCharcoal.
We first declare, that Gunpowder consisteth of three ingredients, Saltpetre, Small-coal, and Brimstone.
1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5
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