Blacking

Description

Any black mixture used for darkening stoves or shoes. Blacking usually contained a carbon black pigment such as Lampblack.

Synonyms and Related Terms

blackening; Zebrite

Authority

• Tom Rowland, Noel Riley, A-Z Guide to Cleaning, Conserving and Repairing Antiques, Constable and Co., Ltd., London, 1981

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998