char|coal

char|coal «CHAHR _KOHL», noun, verb.

–n.

1. the black, brittle form of carbon made by partly burning wood, bones, or the like in a place from which the air is shut out. Charcoal is used as fuel, in filters, and as a pencil for drawing. It is often specified as wood, vegetable, or animal charcoal, according to the material burned to produce it.

2. a stick, pencil, or crayon of charcoal for drawing.

3. a drawing made with a charcoal stick, pencil, or crayon.

–v.t.

1. to mark, write, or blacken with charcoal.

2. to suffocate with the fumes of charcoal.

╂[Middle English charcole, perhaps < char to turn, transform + cole coal]