dice coal

English

Noun

dice coal (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A kind of coal that easily splits into cubical fragments.
    • 1804, James Sowerby, British Mineralogy:
      Rhomboidal coal (commonly called dice coal), in contradistinction to coals which do not break in rhombs.

References
  • dice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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