Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section III. Organic Matter
2. Sensation
(2) Heat

388. Fuel.

   NOUN:FUEL, firing, combustible, coal, wallsend [Eng.], anthracite, blind coal, glance coal; bituminous -, egg -, stove -, nut -, pea- coal; culm, coke, carbon, briquette, slack, cannel coal or cannel, lignite, charcoal; turf, peat; oil, gas, natural gas, electricity; ember, cinder (products of combustion) [See Calefaction]; ingle; port-fire; fire-barrel, fireball, firebrand.
  LOG, backlog, yule log or yule clog, firewood, fagot or faggot, kindling wood, kindlings, brushwood, bavin [dial. Eng.].
  TINDER, touchwood; punk, German tinder, amadou; smudge [U. S. & Can.], pyrotechnic sponge.
  FUMIGATOR, incense, joss-stick; sulphur, brimstone, disinfectant.
  [ILLUMINANTS] candle (luminary) [See Luminary]; oil (grease) [See Oil].
  brand, torch, fuse or fuze, wick; spill, match, safety match, lights [chiefly Eng.], light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee or fuzee, locofoco [obs., U. S.], linstock [obs. or hist.].
   VERB:coal, stoke; feed, fire [See Calefaction].
   ADJECTIVE:carbonaceous; combustible, inflammable; slow-burning, free-burning.