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1. v. t. Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.
2. v. t. Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.
3. adj. of a very dark grey
4. n. a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air
5. n. a stick of black carbon material used for drawing
6. n. a very dark grey color
7. n. a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material
8. v. draw, trace, or represent with charcoal
9. 1. Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes. 2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement. Animal charcoal, a fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant. -- Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory, bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances. -- Charcoal drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal. See Charcoal, 2. Until within a few years this material has been used almost exclusively for preliminary outline, etc., but at present many finished drawings are made with it. -- Charcoal point, a carbon pencil prepared for use un an electric light apparatus. -- Mineral charcoal, a term applied to silky fibrous layers of charcoal, interlaminated in beds of ordinary bituminous coal; -- known to miners as mother of coal.
10. Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawingimplement. Animal charcoal, a fine charcoal prepared by calciningbones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in sugarrefining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant.-- Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory,bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances.-- Charcoal drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal. SeeCharcoal, 2. Until within a few years this material has been usedalmost exclusively for preliminary outline, etc., but at present manyfinished drawings are made with it.-- Charcoal point, a carbon pencil prepared for use un an electriclight apparatus.-- Mineral charcoal, a term applied to silky fibrous layers ofcharcoal, interlaminated in beds of ordinary bituminous coal; --known to miners as mother of coal.
11. n:100 n. a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air n. a stick of black carbon material used for drawing n. a very dark grey color n. a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material