Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)


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Coke (Page: 276)

Coke (?), n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where smokeless fire is required. [Written also coak.] Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.


Coke (Page: 276)

Coke, v. t. To convert into coke.