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–noun

a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.

[Origin: 1800–10; lign- + -ite¹

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lig·nit·ic

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n. A soft, brownish-black coal in which the alteration of vegetable matter has proceeded further than in peat but not as far as in bituminous coal. Also called brown coal.

lig·nit'ic (-nĭt'ĭk) adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
lignite

"imperfectly formed coal," 1808, from Fr., from L. lignum "wood." Brown coal that still shows traces of the wood it once was. Probably directly from Lithanthrax Lignius, name given to woody coal by Wallerius, 1775.

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lignite
noun
intermediate between peat and bituminous coal

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A soft, brownish-black form of coal having more carbon than peat but less carbon than bituminous coal. Lignite is easy to mine but does not burn as well as other forms of coal. It is a greater polluter than bituminous coal because it has a higher sulphur content. Compare anthracite , bituminous coal.

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Lignite, ND (city, FIPS 46540) Location: 48.87688 N, 102.56370 W
Population (1990): 242 (126 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58752

Lignite, AK (CDP, FIPS 43830) Location: 63.89051 N, 149.04641 W
Population (1990): 99 (44 housing units)
Area: 150.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Lignite

Brown\, a. [Compar. Browner; superl. Brownest.] [OE. brun, broun, AS. br?n; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br?n, Icel. br?nn, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr. babhru. [root]93, 253. Cf. Bruin, Beaver, Burnish, Brunette.] Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.

Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. --Longfellow.

Brown Bess, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army.

Brown bread (a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. "He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic." --Shak. (b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.]

Brown coal, wood coal. See Lignite.

Brown hematite or Brown iron ore (Min.), the hydrous iron oxide, limonite, which has a brown streak. See Limonite.

Brown holland. See under Holland.

Brown paper, dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping paper, made of unbleached materials.

Brown spar (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite.

Brown stone. See Brownstone.

Brown stout, a strong kind of porter or malt liquor.

Brown study, a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie. --W. Irving.

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