† heathen-coal Obs.
(See quot. 1697.)
| c 1697 Kennett Etym. Angl. Lansdowne MS. 1033 lf. 174/2 At Amblecot in Staffordsh...the second measure is called Heath or tough-coal: and the 12th or lowest of all, is called Heathen-coal. 1712 Bellers in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 542 The Heathen-Coal. 1719 F. Hauksbee Phys. Mech. Exp. Suppl. 319 The Heathen-Coal. |