Definition of "blacklead" [black• lead•lead]

• To cover, treat or polish with graphite (verb)
• Alternative form of black lead. (noun)

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• "The process of electrotyping is as follows: The form is locked up very tightly, and is then coated with a surface of graphite, commonly known as blacklead, but it is a misnomer."
• "She came to the door in her sacking apron, a blacklead-brush in her hand, and a black smudge on her nose."
• "For there was, as it follows afterward, Grecian hyssop: fucous hyssop, perhaps of the colour of blacklead: Roman hyssop, and wild hyssop."