Black
Definition of Black
Pronunciation: blăk | a. | 1. | Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. | | 2. | In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds. | | 3. | Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. | | 4. | Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.| Black silver | | (Min.) See under Silver. |
| Black walnut | | See under Walnut. - Knight. |
| | adv. | 1. | Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness. | | n. | 1. | That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. | | 2. | A black pigment or dye. | | 3. | A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races. | | 4. | A black garment or dress; as, she wears black | | 5. | The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.The black or sight of the eye. - Sir K. Digby. | | 6. | A stain; a spot; a smooch. | | v. t. | 1. | To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully. | | 2. | To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush. |
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