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, died from the cold. Stow. Then it was not for nothing that may nose fell a bleeding on Black Monday last. Shak.

A Benedictine monk.

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.

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.]

Crude potash. De Colange.

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.

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.

A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.

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.

Dark-visaged; swart.

Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding. Shak. Dryden.

Having black eyes. Dryden.

The coneflower, or yellow daisy (Rudbeckia hirta).

Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.

Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.

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.

Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.

A negro or negress. Shak.

A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.