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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drop black

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

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

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 H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor

Mix, therefore, some "lamp" or "drop" black in powder with thin glue-water, boil, and lay the mixture on with a stiff brush over the case whilst warm.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Montagu Browne