coked

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No coals are now coked at the Clyde iron works; at all the three furnaces the iron is smelted with coals.

From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Babbage, Charles

The best form of fire to use is one having rather high banks of coked coal on each side of the mass, leaving an opening or channel from end to end.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)

In the fire, a similar breaking away of the surface takes place, and when coked, the coal is but moderately coherent.

From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William)

After the wood is completely charred, or the coal become coked, the subsequent changes are the same that happen in the charcoal furnaces.

From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Porter, Rufus

When the green coal on top has been coked the fire is ready for use.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)