lampblack
a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
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How to use lampblack in a sentence
Upon it they wrote with pens made of split reeds and with a thick ink made of soot (lampblack) mixed with resinous gums.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonIf red is desired, use rouge; if black is preferred, use lampblack or powdered graphite.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousI supposed you were drawing lampblack caricatures of some one of the tutors in old Yale.
The English Orphans | Mary Jane HolmesRude lettering upon the walls recorded the fact in lampblack, and a monster hand pointed with index finger to its temporary bar.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska | Charles Warren StoddardBoil the logwood for 30 minutes in a gallon of water, and then add the copperas and lampblack.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians | William K. David
British Dictionary definitions for lampblack
/ (ˈlæmpˌblæk) /
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
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