Definition of lampblack
: a finely powdered black soot deposited in incomplete combustion of carbonaceous materials and used chiefly as a pigment (as in paints, enamels, and printing inks)
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The stylus would etch the waves on a page darkened by the carbon of lampblack.
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First Known Use of lampblack
1598
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