cannel coal

[ kan-l ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

cannel coal

/ ˈkænəl /

a dull coal having a high volatile content and burning with a smoky luminous flame

1530–40; cannel from candle (dial. form)

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

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.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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