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Alt. of Blackwash
Dark-visaged; swart.
Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.
Having black eyes.
Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
A large leather vessel for beer, etc.
The Quercus nigra, or barren oak.
The ensign of a pirate.
Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc.
A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende.
Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.
Given to the study of books in black letter; that is, of old books; out of date.
Of or pertaining to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days. Hence: Unlucky; inauspicious.
Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
A negro or negress.
To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize.
A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.
A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words.
To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.