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Both the surface of the type and of the wax are thoroughly coated with plumbago or black lead, which serves as a lubricant to prevent the wax from adhering to the type As the blank places in the form would not provide sufficient depth in the plate, it is necessary to build them up in the wax mould by dropping more melted wax in such places to a height corresponding to the depth required in the plate, which is, of course, the reverse of the mould, and will show corresponding depressions wherever the mould has raised parts.— The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing
His plumbago-grey suit fitted exactly--save that it was perhaps a little tight.— The Lost Girl
Red hermatite, iron ore, traces of copper, and plumbago are found along the main Bitter Root.— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866

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