- Coalite (1)
- "A form of coke sold as a smokeless fuel, especially for heating", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in The Trade Marks Journal. From coal + -ite.
- coalite (2)
- "And without object To combine, unite, merge; specifically to form into a coalition", Late 16th cent. From classical Latin coalit-, past participial stem of coalēscere coalesce. In later use perhaps partly after coalition.