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Charcoal

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.

(2):

(v. t.) Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.