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Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. simple past tense and past participle of charcoal.
Etymologies
- Middle English charcol : char (perhaps from Old French charbon, from Latin carbō; see carbon) + col, charcoal, coal; see coal.
Examples
“Two days were lost here in making repairs, and the morning of the fresh start, as they came down to embark, on stern and bow, in large letters, was charcoaled 'The Chechaquo.”
“The campfire was burned out, and in the pit were the charcoaled remains of all of our stuff.”
“The individual scrolls, which extend in some cases to 9m unrolled, look not unlike charcoaled arboreal limbs left at the bottom of a campfire.”
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“President Obama needs to exit the teleprompter trail, cold cream his charcoaled eyelids and summon our fast foods, supermarket; Target and Wal-Mart CEO's into the White House to ink my proposed infusion solution.”
“She was beautiful, for a humanlong hair nearly the precise color of black ink, charcoaled eyes.”
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“Umm Hikma raises her charcoaled eyebrows, chews her qat, and says nothing.”
“It has long fibres, which hold together even when charcoaled, and it has a softness he likes.”
“He has tried drawing with all sorts of charcoaled woods.”
“His charcoaled hair is reflected like his canteloupe-scented red robes, in the mirror of a bright brass hookah by the fire's oriental-gold glow.”
“Eighty pounds gone, eyes leadened and skin charcoaled, he looked like a shrunken voodoo doll of his former self.”
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