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Webster 1913 Edition
Anthracite
An′thra-cite
,Noun.
[L.
anthracites
a kind of bloodstone; fr. Gr. [GREEK] like coals, fr. ἄνθραξ
, [GREEK], coal or charcoal. Cf. Anthrax
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Anthracite
AN'THRACITE
,Noun.
Slaty glance-coal, or columnar glance coal; that species of coal which has a shining luster, approaching to metallic, and which burns without smoke, and with intense heat. It consists essentially of carbon.