clarain

[klair-eyn]

clar·ain

[klair-eyn]
noun
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
Compare durain, vitrain.


Origin:
1915–20; < Latin clār(us) clear, bright + French -ain, as in durain
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Clarain is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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