coal note (kolnot)

A particular form of promi ory note formerly in use in the port of London. coal-oil (kōl'oil), n. Same as petroleum. coal-pa er (kōl'påsèr), n. One whose duty is to pa coal to the furnace of a steam-engine. coal-pipe (kõl'pip), n. The cast of a tree formed in rock, usually in sandstone. Such casts, standing vertically, are not uncommon in some of the English coalfields, and are a source of danger to the miner, as they are likely to fall as soon as the supporting rock is removed. coal-pit (kōl'pit), n. [ portion of them are underlain. The shaly strata overlying the coal are also very frequently found to be crowded coal-plant with well-preserved forms of vegetable life. The vegetation accompanying coal varies with its geological age. (See coal.) As the Paleozoic or "Carboniferous" coal is in Europe and the eastern United States, at least - much more important than that of any other geological age, it is this coal-vegetation which has been the object of the most careful investigation. it is generally that the coal itself has been formed from the aggremitien more or le complete decomposition of vegetable and more 1069 coal-works (kōl'wėrks), n. sing. or pl. A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal; a colliery. coalyl (ko'li), a. [