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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
/ ˈæˌæ /
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
Origin of lampblack1
Example Sentences
He sharpened a quill with his small pen knife to scribe these things in sloe or lampblack?
The pot of lampblack was right there, untouched in all this time.
She was so young, but she had the same lampblack hair, the same dark eyes.
The shoe poet sat by the glowing fireplace, polishing his boots with lampblack he had scraped from the hearth.
“ could I have done, Bast? Smeared my face with lampblack and staged a daring midnight rescue?”
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