Blacken

blak'n, v. [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. Black'ish, a. Somewhat black. — Blackly, adv. Darkly; gloomily; atrociously. — Black'ne , ».— Black art. Conjuration magic. [An attempted synonym for necromancy, under the idea that the word was from L. niger, black, instead of Gr. kros, corpse, and manteia, divination.] — -amaor, n. A negro. ball, n. A composition for blacking shoes, etc.; a ball of black color, used as a negative in voting. — v. [-balled (-bawld), -balling.] To reject by putting black balls into a ballot-box. -band, n. A valuable iron ore, containing— enough coaly matter for its own calcination. berry, -ber- — rt, n. A species of bramble; edible fruit. bird, n. In Eng. a species of thrush: in Amer. the name is five no write to or different draw on birds.with—chalk.board,—book,n. A boardn. A book used far registering misdemeanors a book on necromaney. browed, -browd, a. Threatening; dis- — mal. cattle, -kaftl, n. Cattle reared for slaughter, of whatever color. [Eng.] A breed of Dutch cattle of a blaek color. cock, n. The heathcock; black grouse; black game. —currant, n. A garden fruit. drop, n. (Med.) A liquid preparation of opium in vinegar. —flan, n. A fish caught off New England, the tautog a small kind of whale. flux, n. A compound used to a ist in melting metals. —Mar, n. A friar of the Dominican order. —guard, blag'gard, n. Orig. the lower menials of a court; hence a scurrilous person of low character. — To revile ih scurrilous language. [Orig. the guard of the devil; thence, a attendant on the devil.] —guardism, Conduct or language of a blackguard. — hole, n. A dark dungeon for refractory prisoners. — -jack, n. A mineral ore, false galena, which is the sulphuret of zinc, or zinc blende; a species of oak, called also barren oak; a small, heavy bludgeon. —lead, -led, n. A mineral composed of carbon plumbago graphite. [From its color and 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 esrly manuscripts and the first printed books. — a. Written or printed in black-letter; stusiin, cube, full moon, fdot cow, oil linger BLARNEY dious 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'Ming, n. A kind of sausage made of — blood, suet, etc. 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.