black

BLACK, adjective 1. Of the color of night; destitute of light; dark.2. Darkened by clouds; as the heavens black with clouds.3. Sullen; having a cloudy look or countenance.4. Atrociously wicked; horrible; as a black deed or crime.5. Dismal; mournful; calamitous.BLACK and blue, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue.BLACK, noun 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 1. A negro; a person whose skin is black 2. A black dress, or mourning; as, to be clothed in black BLACK, verb transitive To make black; to blacken; to soil.BLACK'-ACT, noun [black and act.] The English statute 9.Geo.I. which makes it felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., orto hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blacked or disguised.BLACK'-BALL, noun [black and ball.] A composition for blacking shoes.BLACK'-BALL, verb transitive To reject or negative in choosing, by putting black balls into a ballot-box.BLACK'-BAR, noun [black and bar.] A plea obliging the plaintiff to assign the place of trespass.BLACK'-BERRY, noun The berry of the bramble or rubus; a popular name applied, in different places, to different species, or varieties of this fruit