lampblack

[ lamp-blak ]

/ ˈlæmpˌblæk /

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

Words nearby lampblack

lamp trimmer, lampad, lampadaire, lampang, lampas, lampblack, lampedusa, lamper eel, lampern, lampers, lampion

Example sentences from the Web for lamp-black

Charcoal, lamp-black, and coke, are more or less pure forms of carbon.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley
The lamp-black is said to be made in China, by collecting the smoke of the oil of sesame.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure
Trace over the outline, and shade, in lines, with a fine camel's-hair pencil dipped in Newman's lamp-black; fill in with the same.

The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 |Unknown
To obtain similar papers but of other colours, substitute ordinary paint powders for the lamp-black.

Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do |Anonymous

Coal-tar is also employed for the manufacture of lamp-black.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for lamp-black

lampblack

/ (ˈlæmpˌblæk) /

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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lampblack

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