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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name given by miners to the upper stratum of coal, as being nearest the light or surface.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mining) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.

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