vitrain
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treɪn noun
the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
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vitrain (ˈvɪtreɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a type of coal occurring as horizontal glassy bands of a nonsoiling friable material | |
| [C20: from Latin vitrum glass + -ain, as in | |
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Vitrain
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example sentences
Where possible, the samples were selected from litho-types rich in vitrain.
The banded ingredients sampled were vitrain, clarain and fusain.
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