Meaning
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, n. 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, v.t. To make black; to blacken; to soil.
BLACK'-ACT, n. [black and act.] The English statute 9.Geo.I. which makes it felony to appear armed in any park or warren, _c., or
to hunt or steal deer, _c., with the face blacked or disguised.
BLACK'-BALL, n. [black and ball.] A composition for blacking shoes.
BLACK'-BALL, v.t. To reject or negative in choosing, by putting black balls into a ballot-box.
BLACK'-BAR, n. [black and bar.] A plea obliging the plaintiff to assign the place of trespass.
BLACK'-BERRY, n. The berry of the bramble or rubus; a popular name applied, in different places, to different species, or varieties of this fruit.
