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A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.

Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass. Raymond.

to a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.

or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.

An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore. Raymond.

A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from cars into vessels.

A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.

sulphuric) on metals, as zinc, iron, etc. It is very inflammable, and is an ingredient of coal gas and water gas. It is standard of chemical equivalents or combining weights, and also of valence, being the typical monad. Symbol H. Atomic weight 1.

To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc. [Obs. or R.] An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public. Burke.

roleum), etc. There are three main classes: (1) gas engines proper, using fixed gases, as coal, blast-furnace, or producer gas; (2) engines using the vapor of a volatile fluid, as the typical gasoline (petrol) engine;

A nitrogenous base C10H9N, extracted from coal-tar naphtha, as an oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and is probably identical with lepidine.

An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. Knight.

To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twentyone tons, four cwt. [Eng.]

ained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series.

egin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings. His breath kindleth coals. Job xii. 21.

A base obtained from coal tar. Ure.

intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology.

A nitrogenous organic base from coal tar, and identical with quinoline. Cf. Quinoline.