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BOVEY COAL

\bˈə͡ʊvi kˈə͡ʊl], \bˈə‍ʊvi kˈə‍ʊl], \b_ˈəʊ_v_i k_ˈəʊ_l]\

Definitions of BOVEY COAL

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A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; - found at Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England. It is of geological age of the oolite, and not of the true coal era.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; - found at Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England. It is of geological age of the oolite, and not of the true coal era.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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