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Definition of Coal tongs
1. Noun. Tongs for taking hold of burning coals.
Generic synonyms: Fire Iron, Pair Of Tongs, Tongs
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coal Tongs
Literary usage of Coal tongs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature's teachings: human invention anticipated by nature by John George Wood (1877)
"The Axe.—The Woodpecker and the Nuthatch.— The Ivory-billed Woodpecker.—Grasping
Tools.—Pincers and their' Modifications.—Sugar-tongs and Coal-tongs. ..."
2. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"d bras, tongs with ends curved like arms, as for holding a crucible. — d charbon,
charcoal tongs; coal tongs. — à coupelles, cupel tongs. ..."
3. The Cuisine: Containing Household Cooking Recipes Prepared Under the by An eminent French chef, Van Cott, A.B., & Company, Chicago (1872)
"... Steel Snuffers, Ivory Cheese Scoops, Plated Dessert Knives, Copper Coal Scoops,
Egg Spoons, coal tongs, French Feather Dusters, Ivory Carvers and Forks, ..."
4. A Text-book of Physics by Silas Ellsworth Coleman (1911)
"Tweezers, coal tongs, sugar tongs, and scissors are examples. In certain applications
of the lever the advantage secured is a gain of speed and distance, ..."
5. The Elements of Physics by Silas Ellsworth Coleman (1906)
"Tweezers, coal tongs, sugar tongs, and scissors are examples. With all except
the last the effort is necessarily greater than the resistance. (Why ?) FIG. ..."
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