Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lampblack"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lampblack \Lamp"black`\, n. [Lamp + black.]
The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of
carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as
in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided
carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various
impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and
various black pigments and cements.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lampblack
n : a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally
of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
[syn: {carbon black}, {soot}, {smut}]
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