Black definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BLACK, a. 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; ...
black gum definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: columnar ... and have brilliant color in early fall [syn: sour gum, black gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica] 2: a small mallee with rough ... toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum [syn: black mallee, black sally, black gum, Eucalytus stellulata] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1709 a ... wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge. Largo tupelo, or Tupelo ...
black diamond definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing [syn: carbonado, black diamond] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1763 1. dense black hematite 2. plural coal 3a 3. carbonado III Webster's ... usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found ... hand] This line is printed in the type called Diamond. Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone ... small Australian bird (Pardalotus punctatus, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with white spots. Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or ...
black currant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries [syn: black currant, European black currant, Ribes nigrum] 2: small black berries used in jams and jellies Merriam Webster's noun ... 1629 a European perennial currant (Ribes nigrum) bearing aromatic edible black berries that are used especially in flavoring liqueur (as ...
black bear definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia [syn: Asiatic black bear, black bear, Ursus thibetanus, Selenarctos thibetanus] 2: brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear [syn: American black bear, black bear, Ursus americanus, Euarctos americanus] Merriam Webster' ...
black cherry definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit [syn: black cherry, black cherry tree, rum cherry, Prunus serotina] 2: any of several ... cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh [syn: sweet cherry, black cherry] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1720 1. a large ... America having drooping clusters of small white flowers and astringent black or dark purple fruits; also the fruit 2. the ...
black walnut definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: North ... walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut [syn: black walnut, black walnut tree, black hickory, Juglans nigra] 2: American walnut having a very hard ... Ash-leaved walnut, a tree (Juglans fraxinifolia), native in Transcaucasia. Black walnut, a North American tree (J. nigra) valuable for its ... warm brown color, like that of the heartwood of the black walnut. Walnut oil, oil extracted from walnut meats. It ...
black moss definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: dense ... to South America [syn: Spanish moss, old man's beard, black moss, long moss, Tillandsia usneoides] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Moss ... as, moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc. Black moss. See under Black, and Tillandsia. Bog moss. See Sphagnum. Feather moss, any moss ... Carrageen. Moss agate (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in part to ... States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very ...
Black and Tan definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the ... to 1921 Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1870 1. a black-and-tan animal (as a dog) 2. chiefly British a ... armed movement for Irish independence 4. a member of a black-and-tan political organization (as in the southern United States ... Tan Tan, a. Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown. Black and tan. See under Black, a. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Black Black, a. [OE. ...
black fly definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small ... birds as well as humans and other mammals [syn: blackfly, black fly, buffalo gnat] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Black Black, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel ... k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak ... the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. O night, with hue ...
Black silver definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Silver Sil"ver, n ... sounding, silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See Silver, a. Black silver (Min.), stephanite; -- called also brittle silver ore, or brittle silver glance. Fulminating silver. (Chem.) (a) A black crystalline substance, Ag2O.(NH3)2, obtained by dissolving silver oxide ... Min.) A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and metallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle silver ore. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Black Black, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin ...
black horse definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sucker Suck"er (s ... the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and suckerel. (b) The remora. (c) The lumpfish. (d ... Called also sucker foot. See Spatangoid. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Black Black, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel ... k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak ... the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. O night, with hue ...
black flag definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship [syn: black flag, pirate flag, Jolly Roger, blackjack] Merriam Webster's noun ... usually bearing a skull and crossbones Webster's 1913 Dictionary Black Black, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel ... k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. ...
black grouse definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: grouse of which the male is bluish-black Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1678 a large grouse (Tetrao ... of western Asia and Europe of which the male is black with white wing patches and the female is barred and mottled Webster's 1913 Dictionary Black Black, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel ... k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. ...
black oak definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: medium ... for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped [syn: black oak, yellow oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina] Webster's ... Among the true oaks in America are: Barren oak, or Black-jack, Q. nigra. Basket oak, Q. Michauxii. Black oak, Q. tinctoria; -- called also yellow or quercitron oak. Bur ... the poison ivy. See under Poison. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Black Black, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to ...