dice coal

English

Noun

dice coal (uncountable)

1. (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