coalite · name — a form of coke that is a smokeless fuel, used as an alternative to coal.
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coalite is pronounced /ˈkəʊlaɪt/.
Etymology
Invented by Thomas Parker in 1904: coal + -ite
name
- a form of coke that is a smokeless fuel, used as an alternative to coal
verb
- To cause to unite or coalesce.e.g.“1792, Edmund Burke, a letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland
Time has by degrees blended […] and coalited the conquered with the conquerors.”
- To unite or coalesce.e.g.“Let them continue to coalite.” — 1733, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, "A Dissertation on Parties:
- To form a political coalition.
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