Lampblack

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]