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can·nel

 (kăn′əl)
n.
A bituminous coal that burns brightly with much smoke.

[Perhaps short for cannel coal, dialectal variant of candle coal (from its bright flame).]
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Cannel coal was discovered and first worked in 1858 and, by 1865, there were several works established in the Mold area for the treatment of cannel.
They took the way of dadu cannel from 123 mile to 129 mile and reached Hatar village 579 RD, where illegal fish ponds owner was getting dadu cannel water with mysteries involvement of irrigation officers, DSR ordered SDO to lodge FIR against accused that had violated of law for using tail-end growers' water.
BEIRUT, Aug 24 (KUNA) -- Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah group Hassan Nasrallah pinpointed "a cannel of negotiation" between his party and the so-called Islamic State (IS) on the latter pulling out from the eastern border areas.
It also touched on the successful visit of the British envoy to the Sudan, Mathiew Cannel, past May.
The Coordination Committee of MQM, referring to some private TV cannel, in a statement said that "the analysis was baseless, highly speculative and misleading."
I learned this as soon as I slipped into the stately Old World lobby of Haifa's Dan Cannel and was guided to an ornately decorated room with a majestic king-sized bed.
O'Connor Capital Partners and Wafra Investment Advisory Group, via O'Connor/Wafra Retail Partners, have acquired Cannel Plaza, a 111,781 s/f luxury lifestyle center in Carmel, California.
Another 12 km cannel would be constructed in the province's Narang district at a cost of 82 million afs, he said.
The South Korean electronics giant said it had not been involved in production of the TV spot, produced by Israeli cable TV cannel HOT.
Chief Financial Officer of Qatar Foundation Ian Cannel inaugurated the seminar and gave a keynote address.
Today we're going to have a crack at a lovely little treat from Bordeaux - the cannel. I first came upon these crunchy, chewy little delights when I was at university in Bordeaux far too many years ago to confess.
"One of the main problems of the Semnan province is the lack of water," he said adding that "we are carrying out studies for the construction of a water cannel, and we hope the province's water problem will be solved after the confirmation of the funds needed for the construction."