A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently
hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear,
yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for
candles.
1. The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the obsecrations of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with "By." Bp. Stillingfeet. Shipley. 2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which...