Non-bituminous coal, or anthracite, which burns without flame.
1802. Playfair, Illustr. Hutton. The., 148. Coal may exist without bitumen as in the instance of blind-coal.
1831. J. Holland, Manuf. Metals, I. 129. Blind-coal is used in the smelting establishments in the South of Wales with great advantage.
1849. J. Jackson, Minerals, xxii. Anthracite … called in Staffordshire, Stone coal, in Scotland Blind coal.
