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Definition of Black lead

1. Noun. Used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors.

Definition of Black lead

1. Noun. graphite, one of the allotropes of carbon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Black lead

1. Plumbago; graphite.It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Black lead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1856)
"Thomas Clarke, of Boston, employed men to work at the black lead mine, ... If they came from the black lead mine, it may be inferred that there was a house ..."

2. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"... commonly called black lead, is and hath been necessary for divers useful purposes, and more particularly in the casting bomb shells, round shot, ..."

3. A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins by Johann Beckmann (1846)
"black lead. To ascertain how old the use of black lead is for writing might ... black lead, therefore, can be used with more convenience and speed than any ..."

4. The Great industries of the United States: being an historical summary of by Horace Greeley (1873)
"DIAMOND, charcoal, and black lead (plumbago or graphite) are different forms of carbon. Little is known of the way in which the diamond crystallizes, ..."

5. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Graphite, Plumbago, or black lead. This mineral is of common occurrence in the form of thin laminae or scales in the granites, gneiss and crystalline ..."

6. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1857)
"India has neither copper nor lead,' but she procures them in exchange for her precious stones and pearls. CHAP. 49. black lead. ..."

7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1862)
"185 black lead 190 Bastard Revolution 225 Boyd, AK H S79 Balloon Ascent, Highest, ... 286 British Opinions, . . ' . . 381 Cotton, King 8 Chronicles of ..."

8. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"... or any wad, black cawk, or black lead, or any coal, or cannel coal, from any mine, bed, or vein thereof respectively, shall be guilty of felony, ..."

9. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1856)
"Thomas Clarke, of Boston, employed men to work at the black lead mine, ... If they came from the black lead mine, it may be inferred that there was a house ..."

10. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"... commonly called black lead, is and hath been necessary for divers useful purposes, and more particularly in the casting bomb shells, round shot, ..."

11. A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins by Johann Beckmann (1846)
"black lead. To ascertain how old the use of black lead is for writing might ... black lead, therefore, can be used with more convenience and speed than any ..."

12. The Great industries of the United States: being an historical summary of by Horace Greeley (1873)
"DIAMOND, charcoal, and black lead (plumbago or graphite) are different forms of carbon. Little is known of the way in which the diamond crystallizes, ..."

13. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Graphite, Plumbago, or black lead. This mineral is of common occurrence in the form of thin laminae or scales in the granites, gneiss and crystalline ..."

14. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1857)
"India has neither copper nor lead,' but she procures them in exchange for her precious stones and pearls. CHAP. 49. black lead. ..."

15. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1862)
"185 black lead 190 Bastard Revolution 225 Boyd, AK H S79 Balloon Ascent, Highest, ... 286 British Opinions, . . ' . . 381 Cotton, King 8 Chronicles of ..."

16. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"... or any wad, black cawk, or black lead, or any coal, or cannel coal, from any mine, bed, or vein thereof respectively, shall be guilty of felony, ..."

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