Black-japan
noun
a black bituminous varnish
Historical Examples
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II Joshua Rose
Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting Mayton Clarence Hillick
Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I Arnold Cooley
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