Vocabulary : Coaita to Coalesced
Coaita : The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. A. paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.Coak : See Coke, n. ;; A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers. ;; A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave. ;; To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces.
Coal : A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal. ;; A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. ;; To burn to charcoal; to char. ;; To mark or delineate with charcoal. ;; To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer. ;; To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.
Coal tar : A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series.
Coal works : A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal.
