lampblack
IPA: ɫˈæmbɫæk
noun
- An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
verb
- (transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.
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Examples of "lampblack" in Sentences
- Lampblack was used as ink and usually applied with a reed pen.
- He is famous for his tiger paintings and lampblack or soot art work.
- In 1876, he moved to Cincinnati and took a job as a lampblack salesman.
- The oil lamps had recent lampblack, so the boy spent a lot of time here.
- Like the first, his arms were bare, and he had a mask of ink or lampblack.
- Ochre and lampblack are also used for reddish brown and black respectively.
- Egyptian kohl and sometimes ordinary soot or lampblack was used in eye makeup.
- Anodynes of theft and memory's feeding tongues all neatly razored at the root defy our lampblack salt.
- In 1834, a beauty book from the period stated that some people used, "lampblack," commonly known as soot.
- On the night of Dec. 16, 1773, dozens of men wrapped themselves in blankets and covered their faces in lampblack and soot.
- That in starting the fire it did not smoke and cover the tire with carbon or "lampblack," which is a non-conductor of heat.
- One of the tricks whalers used when they became icebound was to mix lampblack with oil and paint a path out of the ice with it.
- To a tea cup of molasses stir in lampblack until it is black, then add the white of two eggs, well beaten, and to this add a pint of vinegar or whiskey, and put it in a bottle for use.
- However, he doesn't mention the effort to press premium audiophile LPs out of clear vinyl without the addition of the lampblack, which is said to result in the same enhancement of the sonics.