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Spanish black en · NOUN

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  1. (uncountable) A black pigment obtained by charring cork.
    • When this cork is burnt in close vessels it forms the pigment called Spanish black. This substance is employed to fabricate not only bottle corks but small architectural and geognostic models 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: