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Anthracite (medicine) and incend (iou)


Anthracite (medicine)


anthracite


A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

Origin: L. Anthracites a kind of bloodstone; fr. Gr. Like coals, fr, coal or charcoal. Cf. Anthrax.

Source: Websters Dictionary


incend (iou)



incend verb trans. Long rare. E16.
[Latin incendere: see INCENSE noun, verb2.]
Inflame (the mind, feelings, etc.); incite to action. E16-L17.
Engender (bodily heat); heat (the body or a part of the body). M16-E17.
Set on fire, kindle. L16.