What's the difference between heelball and lampblack?

Heelball


Definition:

  • (n.) A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.

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Lampblack


Definition:

  • (n.) The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.

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