Definition of black

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Black (a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds..

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Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them..
Striker :: Striker (n.) One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge..
Ebony :: Ebony (n.) A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green..
Heliconia :: Heliconia (n.) One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white..
Kingstone :: Kingstone (n.) The black angel fish. See Angel fish, under Angel..
Schorl :: Schorl (n.) Black tourmaline.
Black :: Black (n.) A black pigment or dye.
Miargyrite :: Miargyrite (n.) A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver..
Hyoscyamus :: Hyoscyamus (n.) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles..
Fayalite :: Fayalite (n.) A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron..
Blackstrap :: Blackstrap (n.) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
Black Wash :: Black wash (n.) Alt. of Blackwas.
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.
Pitch-dark :: Pitch-dark (a.) Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.
Bitumen :: Bitumen (n.) Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt..
Pekoe :: Pekoe (n.) A kind of black tea.
Imbue :: Imbue (v. t.) To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black..
Tillandsia :: Tillandsia (n.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses..
Chickadee :: Chickadee (n.) A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note..
Bison :: Bison (n.) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers..
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