lampblack

[lamp-blak]

noun

a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.

Origin of lampblack

First recorded in 1590–1600; lamp + black

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Historical Examples of lampblack

His conclusion was that it was impossible to get the air out of the lampblack.
Historic Inventions
Rupert S. Holland
The soap is about one fifth and the lampblack about one twentieth part of the whole.
The Invention of Lithography
Alois Senefelder
Lampblack is not the only substance available for giving color to the ink.
The Invention of Lithography
Alois Senefelder
Then the lampblack is added and the rest of the process is as before.
The Invention of Lithography
Alois Senefelder
He took what looked like a box of lampblack from his pocket and applied it to my face.
The Mystery of the Hidden Room
Marion Harvey

British Dictionary definitions for lampblack

lampblack

noun

a finely divided form of almost pure carbon produced by the incomplete combustion of organic compounds, such as natural gas, used in making carbon electrodes and dynamo brushes and as a pigment

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