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Cannel Coal

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A corruption of candle coal, so called from the bright flame, unmixed with smoke, which it yields in combustion.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Candour (Mrs.)
Canens
Canephoræ (in architecture)
Cancicular Days
Canicular Period
Canicular Year
Canidia
Canister
Canker
Cannæ
Cannel Coal
Cannibal
Cannon (in billiards)
Canoe
Canon
Canon Law
Canonical
Canonical Dress
Canonical Epistles
Canonical Hours
Canonical Obedience