Black

blak, a. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; very dark or gloomy; dismal or forbidding; destitute of moral light or goodne , —re. The darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; a negro; a black dre , or mourning. — v. t. [blacked (blakt), blacking.] To make black; to blacken. — Blacken, blak'n, v. t. [blackened (-nd), -ening.J To make black or dark; to sully, defame, make infamous. — v. i. To grow black or dark. — Black'ing, n. A preparation for blacking shoes, etc.— Blackish, a. Somewhat black. — Blackly, adv. Darkly; gloomily; atrociously. — Black'ne , re.— a Black art. Conjuration; magic. — amoor, re. A negro. — ball, re. A composition for blacking shoes, etc.; a ball of black color, used as a negative in voting. — v. t. [-balled (-bawld), -balling.] To _ reject by putting black balls into a ballot-box. — ' -band, re. A valuable iron ore, containing enough coaly matter for its own calcination. — berry, -berrY, re. A species of bramble; its edible fruit. — bird, re. In Eng. a species of thrush: in Amer. the name is given to different birds. — board, re. A board used to write or draw on with chalk. — -book, re. A book for registering misdemeanors; a book on necromancy. — -browed, -browd, a. Threatening; dis-; mal.— cattle, -kat'tl, re. Cattle reared for slaughter, of whatever color. [Eng.] A breed of Dutch cattle of a black color. cock, re. The heathcock; black grouse; black game. — currant, re. A garden fruit. — -drop, re. (3fed.) A liquid preparation of opium in vinegar. — fish, re. A fish caught off New England, the tautog; a small kind of whale. flux, re. A compound used to a ist in melting metals. — -friar, re. A friar of the Dominican order. — -guard, blag'gard, re. Orig. the lower menials of a court; hence a scurrilous person of low; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. character. — v. t. To revile in scurrilous language. [Orig. the guard of the devil; thence, a fit attendant on the devil.] — guardism, n. Conduct or language of a blackguard. hole, n. A dark dungeon for refractory prisoners. — -jack, n. A mineral ore, false gale'na, -which is the sulphuret of zinc, or zinc blende; a species of oak, called also barren oak; small, heavy bludgeon. — lead, -led, n. A mineral composed of carbon; plumbago: graphite. [From its color and its marking paper like lead.] — -leg, n. A gambler and cheat; a disease of sheep and calves. — letter, n. The old English or modern Gothic letter, used in early manuscripts and the first printed books. — a. 'Written or printed in black-letter; studious of old books. — mail, n. A rate of money, cattle, etc., anciently paid to robbers for exemption from pillage; extortion of money by threats. — -martin, n. A bird of the swallow family. pudding, -pud'ding, n. A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etcT — rod, n. The usher of the order of the Garter, who carries a black rod. [Eng.] — -rust, n. A disease of wheat. smith, n. A smith who works in iron. ■ snake, n. A serpent of a black color: two species are found in America. — -strap, n. A mixture of spirituous liquor and mola es. tail, n. A kind of perch. thorn, n. A spiny plant bearing a small black fruit, used for hedges"; the sloe. vomit, n. A vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged, a symptom in yellow fever. — walnut. An American tree having dark-colored wood. 50