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Lampblack Essentially

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noun

• a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

verb

• coat with soot

43%7 More coated in lampblack
adjective

• Of, relating to, or producing soot.

• Soiled with soot

• Of the color of soot.

• Dark-skinned; black.

43%6 Drawing ink made from lampblack
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