Dictionary entry

Coal (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Coal, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Coaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Coaling.] 1. To burn to charcoal; to char.

Charcoal of roots, coaled into great pieces.

Bacon.

2. To mark or delineate with charcoal. Camden.

3. To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.