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quenchcoals

quenchcoals is the plural of quenchcoal.

Meaning of quenchcoal

Noun

quenchcoal (countable and uncountable, plural quenchcoals)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) A person or thing that undermines religious zeal; hence a heartless, uncaring person with respect to religion.
    • Zeal has in this our earthly mold little fuel and much quench-coal; it is hardly fired and soon cooled.1615, Samuel Ward, A Coal from the Altar to Kindle the Holy Fire of Zeal

Questions about quenchcoals

What is quenchcoals the plural of?
Quenchcoals is the plural of quenchcoal.

Words near quenchcoals in the dictionary

  1. quenchable
  2. quenchableness
  3. quenchant
  4. quenchants
  5. quenchcoal
  6. quenchcoals
  7. quenched
  8. quencher
  9. quenchers
  10. quenches
  11. quenchest

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