Coal, v. i. To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.
Coal"-black` (-blăk`), a. As black as coal; jet black; very black. Dryden.
Coal"er*y (?), n. [Obs.] See Colliery.
Co`a*lesce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coalesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coalescing.] [L. coalescere, coalitium; co- + alescere to grow up, incho. fr. alere to nourish. See Aliment, n.] 1. To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.
2. To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce.
The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations.
Campbell.
Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose.
De Quincey.
Syn. -- See Add.
Co`a*les"cence (?), n. The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.
Co`a*les"cent (?), a. [L. coalescens, p. pr.] Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.
Coal"fish` (?), n. [Named from the dark color of the back.] (Zo÷l.) (a) The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock. (b) The beshow or candlefish of Alaska. (c) The cobia.
Coal"goose` (?), n. (Zo÷l.) The cormorant; -- so called from its black color.
Co"a*lite (?), v. i. [L. coalitus, p. p. of coalescere. See Coalesce.] To unite or coalesce. [Obs.]
Let them continue to coalite.
Bolingbroke.