coals

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All the rest of you come along, too; we must sit together this evening as long as the coals are alive.

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  1. noun A natural dark brown to black graphitelike material used as a fuel, formed from fossilized plants and consisting of amorphous carbon with various organic and some inorganic compounds.
  2. noun A piece of this substance.
  3. noun A glowing or charred piece of solid fuel.

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