Intermediate between peat and bituminous coal.
A carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air.
1 There was a low-burning fire, mostly glowing wood coals .
2 Zeb sliced off some venison cutlets and cooked them to a turn over hot wood coals .
3 This precaution rarely failed with good hard- wood coals .
4 Plump brook trout, fresh from icy water, delicately broiled over searing wood coals , are the finest of food.
5 There was no fireplace, and the count had the place warmed by means of a big brass brazier filled with wood coals .
6 Fine lamb ribs basted with honey and cumin, cooked over apple- wood coals ; red bass fresh from the sea; peacocks stuffed with rice and mushrooms.
7 The heap of white ashes, under which the wood coals were still alive in the big brazier, diffused a little warmth through the chilly room.
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