Meaning of xylanthrax | Babel Free

Definitions

Wood coal or charcoal, distinguished from mineral coal; lignite.

archaic, uncountable

Examples

“This clay formation, entirely unconnected with that of the Mississippi, and the lower part of the Arkansa, is of a blueish-grey, abounding in pyrites and xylanthrax, and is the active seat of those pseudo-volcanoes and their remains existing in the upper part of the Missouri territory.”

“There are two beads of much interest: a small cylindrical one of chrysoprase, and a large one turned out of a piece of xylanthrax, similar to that met with at Bovy, Devonshire.”

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