Black Letter :: Black letter () The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type..

Black Monday :: Black Monday () Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold..

Black Monday :: Black Monday () The first Monday after the holidays; -- so called by English schoolboys.

Black Monk :: Black monk () A Benedictine monk.

Black Pudding :: Black pudding () A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal..

Black Rod :: Black Rod () 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..

Black Rod :: Black Rod () An usher in the legislature of British colonies.

Black Salts :: Black salts () Crude potash.

Black Snake :: Black snake (n.) Alt. of Blacksnak.

Black Vomit :: Black vomit () A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.

Black Wash :: Black wash (n.) Alt. of Blackwas.

Black-a-vised :: Black-a-vised (a.) Dark-visaged; swart.

Black-browed :: Black-browed (a.) Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.

Black-eyed :: Black-eyed (a.) Having black eyes.

Black-faced :: Black-faced (a.) Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect..

Black-hearted :: Black-hearted (a.) Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.

Black-letter :: Black-letter (a.) Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book..

Black-letter :: Black-letter (a.) Given to the study of books in black letter; that is, of old books; out of date..

Black-letter :: Black-letter (a.) Of or pertaining to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days. Hence: Unlucky; inauspicious.

Black-mouthed :: Black-mouthed (a.) Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.

Blackamoor :: Blackamoor (n.) A negro or negress.

Blackball :: Blackball (n.) A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work..

Blackball :: Blackball (n.) A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words..

Blackball :: Blackball (v. t.) To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize..

Blackball :: Blackball (v. t.) To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking..

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