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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A combustible mixture of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen, generated by passing air with steam over burning coke or coal in a furnace and used as fuel.
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- noun a gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen; made by passing air over hot coke
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