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Black lead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The metal lead. countable, historical, uncountable
  2. 2
    used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors wordnet
  3. 3
    Graphite, especially as used in pencils. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A graphite pencil. countable
  5. 5
    A type of polish made from graphite, used for kitchen cleaning and blackening grates. countable, historical, uncountable

    "She always washed without soap: there were no hearth-stones nor black-lead dust for the stoves; nor a cake of whitening for the kitchen-grate […]."

Etymology

In the sense of lead, calque of Latin plumbum nigrum (“lead”, literally “black lead”).

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