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bone black

noun

a fine charcoal made by burning animal bones in closed containers: used as a pigment, in refining sugar, etc.
also boneblack bone′·black′ (bōn′blak′)

noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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