drop black
Americannoun
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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
When the wax has become liquid mix thoroughly into it a little drop black or lampblack.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
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 Noyes, William
Tallow and "japan drop black" mixed, and apply while stack is hot, with an occasional rubbing over with the same, will remain bright a long time.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 by Various
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