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the anglo-saxon col, meaning charcoal. coal has also been called pitcoal, indicating that it came from pits, that is, mines. an alternative term has been seacoal, probably because it came to many places in eastern england , including london , by sea. another explanation is that it was occasionally found
on beaches, having fallen from exposed coal seams above or washed out of underwater coal seam outcrops. in the united states and britain, the word coal is a mass noun when referring to the unburned mineral, while individual pieces are called "lumps of coal." the plural "coals" is conventionally used...
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