VITRAIN


Meaning of VITRAIN in English

/vi"trayn/ , n.

the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed. Cf. clarain, durain .

[ 1915-20; vitr ( um ) glass + -ain, as in FUSAIN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .