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BLACK HAND n. 2 definitions
A lawless or blackmailing secret society, esp. among Italians. [U. S.]
BLACK HOLE n.
prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air. A discipline of unlim…
BLACK LEAD n.
Plumbago; graphite.It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.
BLACK LETTER n.
ripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
BLACK MONDAY n. 2 definitions
, died from the cold. Stow. Then it was not for nothing that may nose fell a bleeding on Black Monday last. Shak.
BLACK MONK n.
A Benedictine monk.
BLACK PUDDING n.
A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal. And fat black puddings, -- proper food, For warriors that delight in blood. Hudibras.
BLACK ROD n. 2 definitions
the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords. [Eng.]
BLACK SALTS n.
Crude potash. De Colange.
BLACK SNAKE; BLACKSNAKE n.
A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long.
BLACK SPANISH n.
One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.
BLACK VOMIT n.
A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.
BLACK WASH; BLACKWASH n. 2 definitions
A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny. To remove as far as he can the modern layers of black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen. C. Kingsley.
BLACK-A-VISED a.
Dark-visaged; swart.
BLACK-BROWED a.
Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding. Shak. Dryden.
BLACK-EYED a.
Having black eyes. Dryden.
BLACK-EYED SUSAN n. 2 definitions
The coneflower, or yellow daisy (Rudbeckia hirta).
BLACK-FACED a.
Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
BLACK-HEARTED a.
Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
BLACK-JACK n. 5 definitions
A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; - - called also false galena. See Blende.
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