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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1684
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Kennel-coal, n. [e.m.E. (appar. orig. south Lancashire) kennel (1700), can(n)el(l (1538), also kennel coal (18th c.), canole cole (1610), cannel-coal. (For later Sc. examples, see Jam. s.v. Candle-coal.)] Cannel coal; parrot coal. — 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii. 44.
Carbo kennel-coal nostratibus dictus
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