Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COAL'-FIELD, n.

A field for coal; a bed of fossil coal.

COAL'-FIRE, a.

A fire of which coal is the fuel.

COAL'-FISH, n.

A species of Gadus or cod, named from the color of its back. It grows to the length of two feet, or two and a half, and weighs about thirty pounds. This fish is found in great numbers about the Orkneys, and the northern parts of Britain. – Dict. of Nat. Hist.

COAL'-HOD, n.

A kettle for coal.

COAL'-HOUSE, n.

A house or shed for keeping coal.

COAL'IER, or COAL'LIER, n.

See COLLIER.

CO'A-LITE, v.t.

To unite or coalesce. [Not in use.] – Bolingbroke.

CO-A-LI'TION, n.

1. Union in a body or mass; a coming together, as of separate bodies or parts, and their union in one body or mass; as, a coalition of atoms or particles. – Bentley.
2. Union of individual persons, parties or states.

CO-A-LI'TION-ER, n.

One who joins a coalition. – Byron.

CO-AL-LY', n.

A joint ally; as, the subject of a co-ally. – Kent.

COAL'-MEAS-URE, n.

The measure used in ascertaining the quantity of coal.

COAL'-MINE, n.

A mine or pit in which coal is dug.

COAL'-MIN-ER, n.

One who works in a coal-mine.

COAL'-MOUSE, n.

A small species of titmouse, with a black head.

COAL'-OF-FICE, n.

An office of a coal dealer.

COAL'-PIT, n.

A pit where coal is dug. In America, a place where charcoal is made.

COAL'-SCUT-TLE, n.

A vessel for carrying coal.

COAL'-SHIP, n.

A ship employed in transporting coal.

COAL'-STONE, n.

A kind of cannel-coal.

COAL'-WORK, n.

A coalery; a place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal.

COAL'Y, a.

Like coal; containing coal. – Milton.

COAL'-YARD, n.

An inclosure for the deposit of coal.

COAM'INGS, n.

In ships, the raised borders or edges of the hatches, made to prevent water from running into the lower apartments from the deck. – Mar. Dict.

CO-AN-NEX', v.t.

To annex with something else.

CO-AP-PRE-HEND', v.t.

To apprehend with another. [Little used.] – Brown.