A surname.

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Obsolete spelling of coals

One of the smallest birds of the tit family Paridae, Periparus ater, with a black cap, white nape patch and greyish body with buff underparts.

(geology) A coal seam.

(geology) A stratum of coal between strata of other rocks.

(idiomatic) A pointless venture, in the sense of sending something to a place where it is made, or where they already have an abundance.

A nodule of plant material permeated with minerals found mostly in bituminous and anthracite coal seams

A black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicated soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of very many products.

Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.