Coalfield

A bed or stratum of fo il coal. A district of country where coal is abundant; as, the Lack a wanna coal - field. Coal'-fish, n. (Zool.) See GADUS. Coal'fitter, n. In England, a person who acts as bro- ker between the coal-proprietor and a merchant-shipper. Coal-form a'tion, n. ( Geol .) See CARBONIFEROUS AGE. Coal'-gas, n. (Chem.) See GAS. Coal Grove, in Kentucky , a village of Pike co. Coal Grove, in Ohio , a post-village of Lawrence co., on the Ohio River, about 10 m. below Burlington. Coal-heaver, n. A laborer employed in loading and discharging coal into and out of a ship; a coal-carrier. Coal'-hod, n . Same as COAL-SCUTTLE, q. v. Coal'ing, n. Act of taking in coal; as, the coaling of a ship. Coalition, ( ko - al - ish'un ,) n. [Fr., from L. Lat. coalitio . See COALESCE.] Act of coalescing; a coming together and uniting, as of separate bodies and parts; as, a " coalition of atoms." ( Polit .) In the beginning of the French Revolution, C. came to be used by the French authors by way of contempt for the alliance of the other powers against France. Since that time the word has come into common use; but there is generally some idea of reproach implied in it. Diplomatists make this distinction between alliance and coalition , - that the former is more general, while the latter is directed against a particular enemy for a particular object. C. is also frequently used in the sense of a union of several parties, or their leaders, against another party; but it still carries with it the idea of reproach. (French Law.) An unlawful agreement among several persons not to do a thing except on some conditions agreed upon.