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lampblack |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lampblack \Lamp"black`\, n. [Lamp + black.] The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lampblack n : a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink [syn: {carbon black}, {soot}, {smut}]
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