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fusain

/ˈfjuːzeɪn/

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Borrowed from French fusain.

noun fusains

countable, uncountable Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.
countable, uncountable A drawing made with it.
countable, uncountable Fossilized charcoal that exists in geologic formations, which often contain other fossil fuels nearby as well (e.g., bitumen, brown coal). By the Carboniferous period 300 million years ago, trees had spread over so much of the globe and locked down so much carbon that they altered the atmosphere completely. Levels of oxygen went rocketing up from 15 percent to 35 percent, with a correspondingly massive impact on life on earth. Animals
Similar: mother of coal

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@misc{fusain_2026,
  title = {fusain},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fusain},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}