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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.

Co"a*lite, v. t. To cause to unite or coalesce. [Obs.]

Time has by degrees blended . . . and coalited the conquered with the conquerors. Burke.

Co`a*li"tion (?), n. [LL. coalitio: cf. F. coalition. See Coalesce.] 1. The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms. Bentley.

2. A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests.

A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg. J. Randolph.

The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Alliance; confederation; confederacy; league; combination; conjunction; conspiracy; union.

Co`a*li"tion*er (?), n. A coalitionist.

Co`a*li"tion*ist, n. One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.

Co`-al*ly" (?), n.; pl. Co-allies (#). A joint ally. Kent.

Coal"-me`ter (?), n. A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter. Simmonds.

Coal"mouse` (?), n. (Zo÷l.) A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit.

Coal"pit` (?), n. 1. A pit where coal is dug.

2. A place where charcoal is made. [U. S.]

Coal" tar` (?). A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series.