charcoal
/ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/ noun B2- impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
- A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
- A drawing made with charcoal.
- A very dark gray colour.
Plural charcoals
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And when the morning came and the mists were all white and cold, he saw the man’s child pick up a wicker pot plastered inside with earth, fill it with lumps of red-hot charcoal, put it under his blanket, and go out to tend the cows in the byre.
## The Charcoal-Burner And The Fuller
A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house.
The Fuller replied, “The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again with your charcoal.”
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