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A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.

To pardon; to forgive. A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. W. Black. It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. J. C. Shairp.

s or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate. To what will thy congested guilt amount Blackmore.

Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea. Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the "well worked", a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term "English breakfast tea." S. W. Williams.

The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition. Blackstone.

for the recovery of small debts, in London and other trading cities and districts. [Eng.] Blackstone. -- In conscience, In all conscience, in deference or obedience to conscience or reason; in reason; reasonably. "This is enough in conscience." Howell. "Half a dozen fools are, in all conscience, as many as you should…

r so. Shak. She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs. W. Black

ngent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone.

Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. Blackstone.

be made. Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate on conundrums like that W. Black.

e of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal. Conviction may accrue two ways. Blackstone.

her; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself. Blackmore.

ance. All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. blackstone.

ron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.

the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court. Blackstone.

al snake. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake (Elaps corallinus), coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake (Tortrix scytale). -- Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Cor…

rants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [Written also corvorant.]

transmitting it to others. Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament. Blackstone.

An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Blackstone.

, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation. Blackstone.