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Meaning Of Lampblack
n.
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.