Lampblack
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lampblack is a noun meaning An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
Meaning
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.
Example Sentences
A smudge of lampblack is made on his forehead to disfigure him and thus avert the evil eye.
Gadsbodkins, you puny Upſtart in the Law, to uſe me ſo, you Green Bag Carrier, you Murderer of unfortunate Cauſes, the Clerks Ink is ſcarce off of your fingers, you that newly come from Lamblacking the Judges ſhooes, and are not fit to wipe mine; […]
This Messrs. Greener and Straite allege they have effected by taking a quantity of lampblack or powdered charcoal, or of powdered coke, and which has been purified, by the action of electricity from sulphur and any other mixtures, and digesting the same in diluted nitro-muriatic acid.
Word Forms
- lampblacks
- lamp-black
- lampblacking
- lampblacked
Synonyms for lampblack
Depending on context, synonyms include smut, soot.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include soot, smut, carbograph, charcoal, carbolineum, ulmin.
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