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Webster 1913 Edition
Lignite
Lig′nite
(lĭg′nīt)
, Noun.
[L.
lignum
wood: cf. F. lignite
.] (Min.)
Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also
brown coal
, wood coal
. Webster 1828 Edition
Lignite
LIG'NITE
,Noun.