animal black

American  

noun

1. any of various black pigments, as boneblack or ivory black, obtained from calcined animal matter.

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Etymology

Origin of animal black

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Hitched to a post near the wall was a fat, undersized animal, black as jet, and with more mane and tail than was at all reasonable.

From Ahead of the Army by Emerson, C. Chase

If the heating of the animal black exceeds 500° the product hardens, diminishes in volume, and loses its porosity.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various

His horse, Paul Revere, is a magnificent animal, black as a raven, with the exception of four white feet.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.

This was demonstrated the day he first met the great ant-eater—a curious animal, black, with white stripes on its shoulders, and fully as large as Suma, his mother.

From The Black Phantom by Miller, Leo E. (Leo Edward)

At sunset she went out and saddled the horse he had given her as a wedding-present, Diamond, a powerful animal, black save for a white mark on his head from which he derived his name.

From The Top of the World by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)