Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Anthracite

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Anthracite


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(n.) A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.