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black japan
noun
- a black bituminous varnish
Example Sentences
Black japan is an excellent marking for this purpose because it dries quickly.
The tintype is only another name for the ferrotype or melainotype, which is a collodion positive picture taken on a piece of tin or iron, coated with black japan on the front, and a varnish on the back, to prevent the metal from acting on the bath.
Richard Black: Japan's deputy whaling commissioner here, Joji Morishita, says the plan is still to head back to the Antarctic later this year - not to halt, as some observers have suggested.
He's had it all these seven years, locked up in that black japan cabinet with the gold figures—" "I know.
So her black japan casket which Harry was to carry to the coach was taken back to her ladyship's chamber, whither the maid and mistress retired.
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