coaly2 (koli)

A dialectal form of collie. coaly-hood, n. See coal -hood. treatment by which most of the entirely disorganized por tion of the coal has been removed. Among the materials of which the coal of different regions has been shown by various authorities to be made up are: bark of Calamites, Lep i do dendron, and Sigil lari a, spores of Lep i do dendron, vascular portions of Pec opter is and other ferns, and leaves and bark of Cordaites. (See these words.) Vegetation of a higher order than the Coniferæ has not yet been proved to exist in connection with coal of Carboniferous age; by far the larger portion of the fo il plants of that epoch belongs to the Cryptogam i a. coal-sack (kol's ak), n. 1. A sack made of strong coarse material for containing or carrying coal.-2. A sailors' term for a dark place in the Galaxy south of Crux. Also called the hole in the sky. In the midst of them [the southern circumpolar constellations], as if for contrast, is the dark hole, called by the sailors the Coal - sack , where even the telescope reveals no sign of light. H. W. Warren, Recreations in Astronomy, p. 208. coalsay, n. See coalsey .