dice coal

English

Noun

dice coal (uncountable)

(dated) A kind of coal that easily splits into cubical fragments.
- 1804, James Sowerby, British Mineralogy:
  Rhomboidal coal (commonly called dice coal), in contradistinction to coals which do not break in rhombs.

References

“dice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

accoiled, calicoed, ecocidal

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