bog|head coal

bog|head coal
bog|head coal, or bog|head «BOG HEHD, BG-», noun.
a kind of coal used for the manufacture of paraffin and oils: »

Boghead coal differs from cannel in being brown and in consisting largely of algal material (Fenton and Fenton).

[< Boghead, Scotland]

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