coalier

coaling (kō'ling), n. [Verbal n. of coal, v.] The proce of supplying or taking in coal for use: as, the coaling of a steamer or locomotive; a coaling -station or coaling -wharf. coalised, p. a. See coalized. coalite (kō'a-līt), a. [L. coal it us, pp.: see the verb.] United or coalesced: applied specifically, in entom., to parts structurally or usually separated when they are closely united without a dividing incisure or suture, as the scutellum when it is connate with the pronotum, or the prolegs of a caterpillar when those of a pair are united, only the ends being sometimes distinct. Coalite abdomen, one in which the segments are united without sutures, as in a spider. - Coalite alitrunk, the mesothorax and metathorax when they apparently form a single ring, the sterna being united, as in Hemipter a. Coalite body, a body in which the head, thorax, and abdomen are all closely united, as in the mites.