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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A black pigment made from lampblack mixed with a binding agent and molded into cakes or sticks.
- noun A liquid ink made from this pigment.
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- noun a
black ink, made fromlampblack , used forprinting andartwork .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a black liquid ink used for printing or writing or drawing
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