bone black
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Noun (1)
- black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigmentSynonyms: bone charanimal blackanimal charcoalType of char
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bone black
Chemistry, the black, carbonaceous substance into which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels; — called also animal charcoal. It is used as a decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc., and as a black pigment. See Ivory black, under Black.
From the entry Bone.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54