dice coal
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (dated) A kind of coal that easily splits into cubical fragments.
- 1804, James Sowerby, British Mineralogy:
- Rhomboidal coal (commonly called dice coal), in contradistinction to coals which do not break in rhombs.
References[edit]
- “dice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.