seacoal

See also: sea-coal and sea coal

English

Etymology

sea +‎ coal

Noun

seacoal (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) mineral coal (as opposed to charcoal)
    • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 49:
      " […] and then of Sea-Coal and other necessary Fewel, fit for the working or melting of these Metalls; […] "
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