Definition of "lampblack" [lamp•black]

• Fine soot collected from incompletely burned carbonaceous materials, used as a pigment and in matches, explosives, lubricants, and fertilizers. Also called blacking. (noun)

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• "To a tea cup of molasses stir in lampblack until it is black, then add the white of two eggs, well beaten, and to this add a pint of vinegar or whiskey, and put it in a bottle for use."
• "However, he doesn't mention the effort to press premium audiophile LPs out of clear vinyl without the addition of the lampblack, which is said to result in the same enhancement of the sonics."
• "That in starting the fire it did not smoke and cover the tire with carbon or "lampblack," which is a non-conductor of heat."