coal black (kolblak)

and n. [ Thin egen [eyes] beoth colblake and brode. Owl and Nightingale, 1. 75. coal-black There he was snow-white tofore, Ever afterward cole black therfore He has transformed. Gower , Conf. Amant., I. 306. II. n. A deep black like that of charcoal; or a deep, shining black with a slight bluish tinge, like that of anthracite coal.