coal
/koʊl/ verb C2- To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships or locomotives).
- To supply with coal. · to coal a steamer
- To be converted to charcoal.
- To burn to charcoal; to char.
- To mark or delineate with charcoal.
He/she/it coals · Past coaled · Past participle coaled · -ing form coaling
Verb forms
- Base form
- coal
- He/she/it
- coals
- Past
- coaled
- Past participle
- coaled
- -ing form
- coaling
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One of the seconds went for a lantern in a coal-barge near, and by its light they examined the weapons.
Anne dropped the apple as if it were a red-hot coal and ostentatiously wiped her fingers on her handkerchief.
I did pretty well until I put the pie in, and then an irresistible temptation came to me to imagine I was an enchanted princess shut up in a lonely tower with a handsome knight riding to my rescue on a coal-black steed.
There was an American sitting behind Jane and me--such a romantic-looking man, with coal-black hair and eyes.
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