Usually means: Graphite used in pencils primarily.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. black lead: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. black lead: Collins English Dictionary
  3. black lead: Vocabulary.com
  4. black-lead: Wordnik
  5. black lead: Wiktionary
  6. black lead: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Black lead, black lead: Dictionary.com
  8. Black lead: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. black lead: Rhymezone
  10. Black lead: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. black-lead: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. black-lead, black lead: FreeDictionary.org
  13. black lead: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. black lead: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. black lead: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. black lead: Medical dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)

(Note: See black_leads as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (black lead)

noun:  (now historical) The metal lead.
noun:  Graphite, especially as used in pencils.
noun:  (countable) A graphite pencil.
noun:  (now historical) A type of polish made from graphite, used for kitchen cleaning and blackening grates.

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