Definition of Clarain

1. Noun. (minerology) A form of coal having stratifications parallel to the bedding plane ¹

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Definition of Clarain

1. lustrous bands in coal [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clarain

clappingly
clappings
claps
clapshot
clapt
claptrap
claptraps
claque
claquer
claquers
claques
claqueur
claqueurs
clarabella
clarabellas
clarain (current term)
clarains
claraite
claree
clarence
clarences
claret
claret cup
clareted
clareting
clarets
claribella
claribellas
clarichord
clarichords

Literary usage of Clarain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Electrical Cases: Being a Collection of All the Important Cases by William Weeks Morrill, Frank Bixby Gilbert, Austin B. Griffin (1895)
"J.: Louis E. clarain, in the employ of the defendant company, while engaged in putting up telegraph wires on Carondelet street, in this city, ..."

2. American Electrical Cases. 1873-[1908]. (1895)
"J.: Louis E. clarain, in the employ of the defendant company, while engaged in putting up telegraph wires on Carondelet street, in this city, ..."

3. The Nomenclature of Petrology: With References to Selected Literature by Arthur Holmes (1920)
"clarain, Stapes, 1919. — A term suggested for the finely banded variety of " bright." coal. ... In thin section clarain appears translucent ..."

4. History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg (1876)
"... when it is not only clear, but is so separated and distinguished from all others that it plainly contains nothing but what is clear." (clarain тот шит ..."

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