| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class III. Words Relating to Matter | | Section III. Organic Matter | | 2. Sensation |
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| 388. Fuel. |
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| NOUN: | FUEL, firing, combustible, coal, wallsend [Eng.], anthracite, blind coal, glance coal; bituminous -, egg -, stove -, nut -, pea- coal; culm, coke, carbon, briquette, slack, cannel coal or cannel, lignite, charcoal; turf, peat; oil, gas, natural gas, electricity; ember, cinder (products of combustion) [See Calefaction]; ingle; port-fire; fire-barrel, fireball, firebrand.
LOG, backlog, yule log or yule clog, firewood, fagot or faggot, kindling wood, kindlings, brushwood, bavin [dial. Eng.].
TINDER, touchwood; punk, German tinder, amadou; smudge [U. S. & Can.], pyrotechnic sponge.
FUMIGATOR, incense, joss-stick; sulphur, brimstone, disinfectant.
[ILLUMINANTS] candle (luminary) [See Luminary]; oil (grease) [See Oil].
brand, torch, fuse or fuze, wick; spill, match, safety match, lights [chiefly Eng.], light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee or fuzee, locofoco [obs., U. S.], linstock [obs. or hist.].
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| VERB: | coal, stoke; feed, fire [See Calefaction].
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| ADJECTIVE: | carbonaceous; combustible, inflammable; slow-burning, free-burning.
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