Phurnacite en · NOUN
Etymology
Possibly from furnace + -ite
Meanings
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(UK, uncountable) A proprietary brand of smokeless fuel in the form of coal briquettes.
Domestic fuel consigned from South Wales consists mainly of anthracite, phurnacite and other smokeless fuels.
1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492: