small coal

English

Noun

small coal (countable and uncountable, plural small coals)

1. (obsolete) Charcoal.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:

     We first declare, that Gunpowder consisteth of three ingredients, Saltpetre, Small-coal, and Brimstone.

2. Small fragments of coal; slack.