From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48: Coal-black \Coal"-black`\ (-bl[a^]k`), a. As black as coal; jet black; very black. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Coal-black \Coal"-black`\ (-bl[a^]k`), a. As black as coal; jet black; very black. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]