rashing

noun

rash·​ing

-shiŋ,

-shēŋ

plural -s

: soft flaky rock or clay immediately beneath a coal seam that is readily mixed with the coal in mining

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from English dialect rash brittle + -ing

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