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lampblack
[ lamp-blak ]
noun
- a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
lampblack
/ ˈlæmpˌblæk /
noun
- a finely divided form of almost pure carbon produced by the incomplete combustion of organic compounds, such as natural gas, used in making carbon electrodes and dynamo brushes and as a pigment
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Upon it they wrote with pens made of split reeds and with a thick ink made of soot (lampblack) mixed with resinous gums.
If red is desired, use rouge; if black is preferred, use lampblack or powdered graphite.
I supposed you were drawing lampblack caricatures of some one of the tutors in old Yale.
Rude lettering upon the walls recorded the fact in lampblack, and a monster hand pointed with index finger to its temporary bar.
Boil the logwood for 30 minutes in a gallon of water, and then add the copperas and lampblack.
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