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drop black

American  

noun

Chemistry.
  1. carbon, as animal black or lampblack, formed into pellets by mixing with water or glue: used as a black pigment.


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The young bucks drop black bean sauce or sriracha on and fold it like a taco.

From Seattle Times Nov. 15, 2019

A towering cliff stood behind them, a sheer drop, black and faceless.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

The pigments most used for oil stains are: burnt and raw umber, burnt and raw sienna, Vandyke brown, drop black, and medium chrome yellow.

From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes

And how their leaves would drop, black and shrivelled, a black harvest to strew the lawn.

From Moor Fires by E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young

For optical purposes the best plan is to use a paint made up of "drop" black, ground very fine with a little shellac varnish, and diluted for use with alcohol.

From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall

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