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fusain (iou) and mean higher high water (medicine)


fusain (iou)



fusain noun. L19.
[French = spindle tree, charcoal.]
Artists' charcoal (from the wood of the spindle tree); a charcoal drawing. L19.
Geology. Coal resembling wood-charcoal. Now spec. one of the lithotypes of coal, a dull, friable, porous material. L19.

mean higher high water (medicine)


mean higher high water
<marine biology> The average height of the higher high water over a 19-year period. For shorter periods of observation, corrections are applied to eliminate known variations and reduce the result to the equivalent of a mean 19-year value.