Blacklead Explained

Blacklead may refer to:

• Graphite, also known as "black lead"
  • Mixed with oil or grease as a finish for stoves
• Blacklead, another name for the Plumbago drawing style and medium
• Blacklead Island, Nunavut, Canada

Black residue left from chimney smoke, cooking fires, etc. "...And the half- washed out traces of smut and blacklead that tattooed her countenance." Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens