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Definition of Clarain
1. Noun. (minerology) A form of coal having stratifications parallel to the bedding plane ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clarain
1. lustrous bands in coal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clarain
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 ..."