FIREDAMP


Meaning of FIREDAMP in English

/fuyeur"damp'/ , n. Mining.

1. a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed esp. in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.

2. the explosive mixture itself.

[ 1670-80; FIRE + DAMP ]

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