black japan

noun

1. a black bituminous varnish

Example Sentences

Black japan is an excellent marking for this purpose because it dries quickly.

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The tintype is only another name for the ferrotype or melainotype, which is a collodion positive picture taken on a piece of tin or iron, coated with black japan on the front, and a varnish on the back, to prevent the metal from acting on the bath.

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Richard Black: Japan's deputy whaling commissioner here, Joji Morishita, says the plan is still to head back to the Antarctic later this year - not to halt, as some observers have suggested.

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He's had it all these seven years, locked up in that black japan cabinet with the gold figures—" "I know.

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So her black japan casket which Harry was to carry to the coach was taken back to her ladyship's chamber, whither the maid and mistress retired.

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