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vitrain definition

vit·rain (vi′trān′)

noun

a type of black, glassy, cubic bituminous coal

Etymology: < L vitrum, glass + -ain, as in fusain

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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