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動詞

blacklead ‎(三人称単数 現在形 blackleads, 現在分詞 blackleading, 過去形および過去分詞形 blackleaded)

1. To cover, treat or polish with graphite

名詞

blacklead ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative form of black lead

語源

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

名詞

black lead (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 black leads)

1. (now historical) The metal lead. [from 14th c.]

   Antonym: white lead

2. Graphite, especially as used in pencils. [from 16th c.]
3. (countable) A graphite pencil.
4. (now historical) A type of polish made from graphite, used for kitchen cleaning and blackening grates. [from 19th c.]
   • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 271:

     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 […] .