| • | Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. |
| • | In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds. |
| • | Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. |
| • | Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks. |
| • | Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A black pigment or dye. |
| • | A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races. |
| • | A black garment or dress; as, she wears black |
| • | Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery. |
| • | The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black. |
| • | A stain; a spot; a smooch. |
| • | To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully. |
| • | To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush. |
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