balaclava
         n 1: a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of
               the head but the face [syn: {balaclava}, {balaclava
               helmet}]

English Dictionary: black lead	by the DICT Development Group
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balaclava helmet n a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face Synonym(s): balaclava, balaclava helmet
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balkline n line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game Synonym(s): balkline, baulk- line, string line
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ball club n a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; "each club played six home games with teams in its own division" Synonym(s): baseball club, ball club, club, nine
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baulk-line n line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game Synonym(s): balkline, baulk- line, string line
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bell glass n a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases Synonym(s): bell jar, bell glass
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Belle Isle cress n of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida [syn: {Belle Isle cress}, early winter cress, land cress, American cress, American watercress, Barbarea verna, Barbarea praecox]
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belles lettres n creative writing valued for esthetic content [syn: {belles- lettres}, belles lettres]
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belles-lettres n creative writing valued for esthetic content [syn: {belles- lettres}, belles lettres]
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bile salt n a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids
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bilge well n (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away
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Bill Clinton n 42nd President of the United States (1946-) [syn: Clinton, Bill Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton, President Clinton]
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billy club n a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn: truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club]
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bilocular adj divided into or containing two cells or chambers; "having a bilocular capsule" Synonym(s): bilocular, biloculate
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bilocular capsule n a capsule divided into two cells or compartments
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biloculate adj divided into or containing two cells or chambers; "having a bilocular capsule" Synonym(s): bilocular, biloculate
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biology lab n a laboratory for biological research [syn: biology lab, biology laboratory, bio lab]
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biology laboratory n a laboratory for biological research [syn: biology lab, biology laboratory, bio lab]
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black calla n ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe Synonym(s): black calla, Arum palaestinum
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black elder n a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies Synonym(s): bourtree, black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra
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black elderberry n common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies Synonym(s): American elder, black elderberry, sweet elder, Sambucus canadensis
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black guillemot n northern Atlantic guillemot [syn: black guillemot, Cepphus grylle]
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black hellebore n slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green Synonym(s): lenten rose, black hellebore, Helleborus orientalis European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers Synonym(s): Christmas rose, winter rose, black hellebore, Helleborus niger
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Black Hills n mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
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black hole n a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field
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Black Hole of Calcutta n a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj- ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive
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black Hollander n Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry Synonym(s): almond willow, black Hollander, Salix triandra, Salix amygdalina
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black larch n medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark Synonym(s): American larch, tamarack, black larch, Larix laricina
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black lead n used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors Synonym(s): graphite, black lead, plumbago
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black letter n a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries [syn: Gothic, black letter]
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black locust n strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions Synonym(s): black locust, yellow locust, Robinia pseudoacacia
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black lotion n a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores Synonym(s): blackwash, black lotion
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black lovage n European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb Synonym(s): Alexander, Alexanders, black lovage, horse parsley, Smyrnium olusatrum
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black lung n lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust [syn: anthracosis, black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung]
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black lung disease n lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust [syn: anthracosis, black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung]
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black olive n olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil Synonym(s): black olive, ripe olive
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black sally n a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum Synonym(s): black mallee, black sally, black gum, Eucalytus stellulata
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black salsify n perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots Synonym(s): black salsify, viper's grass, scorzonera, Scorzonera hispanica long black salsify Synonym(s): scorzonera, black salsify
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black saltwort n a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers Synonym(s): sea milkwort, sea trifoly, black saltwort, Glaux maritima
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black walnut n North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut Synonym(s): black walnut, black walnut tree, black hickory, Juglans nigra American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell
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black walnut tree n North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut Synonym(s): black walnut, black walnut tree, black hickory, Juglans nigra
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black whale n small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school Synonym(s): pilot whale, black whale, common blackfish, blackfish, Globicephala melaena large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris Synonym(s): sperm whale, cachalot, black whale, Physeter catodon
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black willow n North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes Synonym(s): swamp willow, black willow, Salix nigra
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black-legged tick n parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick) Synonym(s): Ixodes scapularis, black-legged tick
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blacklead v cover with graphite
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blackleg n someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike Synonym(s): scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat v take the place of work of someone on strike [syn: fink, scab, rat, blackleg]
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blacklist n a list of people who are out of favor [syn: blacklist, black book, shitlist] v put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted; "many books were blacklisted by the Nazis"
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Blackwall hitch n a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook
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bleach liquor n a solution containing bleaching agents that is used to bleach textiles or paper pulp
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bleakly adv without hope; "he wondered bleakly"
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block letter n a plain hand-drawn letter [syn: block letter, {block capital}]
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blue columbine n columbine of the Rocky Mountains having long-spurred blue flowers Synonym(s): blue columbine, Aquilegia caerulea, Aquilegia scopulorum calcarea
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blue skullcap n an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic Synonym(s): blue pimpernel, blue skullcap, mad-dog skullcap, mad-dog weed, Scutellaria lateriflora
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blue sky law n a state law regulating the sale of securities in an attempt to control the sale of securities in fraudulent enterprises
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blue-collar adj of or designating manual industrial work or workers [ant: white-collar] of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw Synonym(s): propertyless, wage-earning, working-class, blue- collar
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bluegill n important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States Synonym(s): bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus
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bluish-lilac adj of lavender tinged with blue [syn: blue-lilac, {bluish- lilac}]
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Boyle's law n the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume Synonym(s): Boyle's law, Mariotte's law
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bulk large v hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" Synonym(s): brood, hover, loom, bulk large
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8M88l82e \[d8]M[88]`l[82]e"\, n.       A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut       paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest       continuing until no member of one group retains his plume; --       sometimes called {Balaklava m[88]l[82]e}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balk \Balk\, n. [AS. balca beam, ridge; akin to Icel. b[be]lkr       partition, bj[be]lki beam, OS. balko, G. balken; cf. Gael.       balc ridge of earth between two furrows. Cf. {Balcony},       {Balk}, v. i., 3d {Bulk}.]       1. A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the             end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.                         Bad plowmen made balks of such ground. --Fuller.          2. A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a             house. The loft above was called [bd]the balks.[b8]                         Tubs hanging in the balks.                  --Chaucer.          3. (Mil.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports             of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.          4. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.                         A balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker.                                                                               --South.          5. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.          6. (Baseball) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to             deliver the ball.          {Balk line} (Billiards), a line across a billiard table near             one end, marking a limit within which the cue balls are             placed in beginning a game; also, a line around the table,             parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game,             called the balk line game.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.)       A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.          Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree                ({Baloghia lucida}), from which the sap is collected                for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name,                chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as                {Gordonia H[91]matoxylon} of Jamaica, and several                species of Australian {Eucalyptus}; also the true                logwood ({ H[91]matoxylon campechianum}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bel-accoyle \Bel`-ac*coyle"\, n. [F. bel beautiful + accueil       reception.]       A kind or favorable reception or salutation. [Obs.]
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Belike \Be*like"\, adv. [Pref. be- (for by) + like.]       It is likely or probably; perhaps. [Obs. or Archaic] --       {Be*like"ly}, adv.                   Belike, boy, then you are in love.         --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.]       1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a             cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,             and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.          Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best                have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and                tin.          {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State             House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared             the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had             been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim             liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants             thereof.[b8]          2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose             ball which causes it to sound when moved.          3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a             flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak.          4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included             between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the             naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist             within the leafage of a capital.          5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;             or the time so designated.          Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck                eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after                it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once,                and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes                is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,                which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.          {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the             prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.             --Fuller.          {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion             to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a             team or drove, when wearing a bell.          {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of             excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the             bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose             being used, and three candles being extinguished with             certain ceremonies. --Nares.          {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single             fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax.          {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.          Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,                bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;                bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are                self-explaining.          {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the             curve of an ogee.          {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame             constructed to carry one or more large bells.          {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,             frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and             used to contain and support one or more bells.          {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a             roof to the rooms below.          {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast             bells.          {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are             founded or cast.          {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,             pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain             bells.          {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}.          {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells.          {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell             or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.             --Aytoun.          {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell             when used.          {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose             business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of             musical bells for public entertainment.          {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general             lines of a bell.          {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.                      {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent.          {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bellic \Bel"lic\, Bellical \Bel"li*cal\, a. [L. bellicus. See       {Bellicose}.]       Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] [bd]Bellic       C[91]sar.[b8] --Feltham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bilocular \Bi*loc"u*lar\, a. [Pref. bi- + locular: cf. F.       biloculaire.]       Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular       pericarp. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alder \Al"der\ ([add]l"d[etil]r), n. [OE. aldir, aller, fr. AS.       alr, aler, alor, akin to D. els, G. erle, Icel. erlir, erli,       Swed. al, Dan. elle, el, L. alnus, and E. elm.] (Bot.)       A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the       genus {Alnus}. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by       dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are       usually shrubs or small trees.          {Black alder}.       (a) A European shrub ({Rhamnus frangula}); Alder buckthorn.       (b) An American species of holly ({Ilex verticillata}),             bearing red berries.
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Alkali soil \Alkali soil\       Any one of various soils found in arid and semiarid regions,       containing an unusual amount of soluble mineral salts which       effloresce in the form of a powder or crust (usually white)       in dry weather following rains or irrigation. The basis of       these salts is mainly soda with a smaller amount of potash,       and usually a little lime and magnesia. Two main classes of       alkali are commonly distinguished: {black alkali}, which may       be any alkaline carbonate, but which practically consists of       sodium carbonate (sal soda), which is highly corrosive and       destructive to vegetation; and {white alkali}, characterized       by the presence of sodium sulphate (Glauber's salt), which is       less injurious to vegetation. Black alkali is so called       because water containing it dissolves humus, forming a       dark-colored solution which, when it collects in puddles and       evaporates, produces characteristic black spots.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drawing \Draw"ing\, n.       1. The act of pulling, or attracting.          2. The act or the art of representing any object by means of             lines and shades; especially, such a representation when             in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors             of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with             hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation;             also, the figure or representation drawn.          3. The process of stretching or spreading metals as by             hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and             cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.          4. (Textile Manuf.) The process of pulling out and elongating             the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers,             to prepare it for spinning.          5. The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.          Note: Drawing is used adjectively or as the first part of                compounds in the sense of pertaining to drawing, for                drawing (in the sense of pulling, and of pictorial                representation); as, drawing master or drawing-master,                drawing knife or drawing-knife, drawing machine,                drawing board, drawing paper, drawing pen, drawing                pencil, etc.          {A drawing of tea}, a small portion of tea for steeping.          {Drawing knife}. See in the {Vocabulary}.          {Drawing paper} (Fine Arts), a thick, sized paper for             draughtsman and for water-color painting.          {Drawing slate}, a soft, slaty substance used in crayon             drawing; -- called also {black chalk}, or {drawing chalk}.                      {Free-hand drawing}, a style of drawing made without the use             of guiding or measuring instruments, as distinguished from             mechanical or geometrical drawing; also, a drawing thus             executed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chalk \Chalk\, n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See       {Calz}, and {Cawk}.]       1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or             yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate,             and having the same composition as common limestone.          2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing             implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and             black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See             {Crayon}.          {Black chalk}, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty             texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety             of argillaceous slate.          {By a long chalk}, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang]             --Lowell.          {Chalk drawing} (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See             {Crayon}.          {Chalk formation}. See {Cretaceous formation}, under             {Cretaceous}.          {Chalk line}, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making             straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in             cutting or in arranging work.          {Chalk mixture}, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar             in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of             infants.          {Chalk period}. (Geol.) See {Cretaceous period}, under             {Cretaceous}.          {Chalk pit}, a pit in which chalk is dug.          {Drawing chalk}. See {Crayon}, n., 1.          {French chalk}, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian             mineral.          {Red chalk}, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and             used by painters and artificers; reddle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drawing \Draw"ing\, n.       1. The act of pulling, or attracting.          2. The act or the art of representing any object by means of             lines and shades; especially, such a representation when             in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors             of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with             hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation;             also, the figure or representation drawn.          3. The process of stretching or spreading metals as by             hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and             cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.          4. (Textile Manuf.) The process of pulling out and elongating             the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers,             to prepare it for spinning.          5. The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.          Note: Drawing is used adjectively or as the first part of                compounds in the sense of pertaining to drawing, for                drawing (in the sense of pulling, and of pictorial                representation); as, drawing master or drawing-master,                drawing knife or drawing-knife, drawing machine,                drawing board, drawing paper, drawing pen, drawing                pencil, etc.          {A drawing of tea}, a small portion of tea for steeping.          {Drawing knife}. See in the {Vocabulary}.          {Drawing paper} (Fine Arts), a thick, sized paper for             draughtsman and for water-color painting.          {Drawing slate}, a soft, slaty substance used in crayon             drawing; -- called also {black chalk}, or {drawing chalk}.                      {Free-hand drawing}, a style of drawing made without the use             of guiding or measuring instruments, as distinguished from             mechanical or geometrical drawing; also, a drawing thus             executed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chalk \Chalk\, n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See       {Calz}, and {Cawk}.]       1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or             yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate,             and having the same composition as common limestone.          2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing             implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and             black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See             {Crayon}.          {Black chalk}, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty             texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety             of argillaceous slate.          {By a long chalk}, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang]             --Lowell.          {Chalk drawing} (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See             {Crayon}.          {Chalk formation}. See {Cretaceous formation}, under             {Cretaceous}.          {Chalk line}, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making             straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in             cutting or in arranging work.          {Chalk mixture}, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar             in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of             infants.          {Chalk period}. (Geol.) See {Cretaceous period}, under             {Cretaceous}.          {Chalk pit}, a pit in which chalk is dug.          {Drawing chalk}. See {Crayon}, n., 1.          {French chalk}, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian             mineral.          {Red chalk}, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and             used by painters and artificers; reddle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black hole \Black" hole`\       A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or       guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the       Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English       prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night       of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died       before morning from lack of air.                   A discipline of unlimited autocracy, upheld by rods,                and ferules, and the black hole.            --H. Spencer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Latten \Lat"ten\, n. [OE. latoun, laton, OF. laton, F. laiton,       prob. fr. OF. late lath, F. latte; -- because made in thin       plates; cf. It. latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F.       latte is of German origin. See {Lath} a thin board.]       1. A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much             used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses,             etc.; -- called also {latten brass}.                         He had a cross of latoun full of stones. --Chaucer.          2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal             in thin sheets; as, gold latten.          {Black latten}, brass in milled sheets, composed of copper             and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire.          {Roll latten}, latten polished on both sides ready for use.                      {Shaven latten}, a thinner kind than black latten.          {White latten}, a mixture of brass and tin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;       akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding       lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]       1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic             metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily             tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with             little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,             etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,             forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of             solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.             Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,             lead sulphide.          2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:             (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.             (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate                   lines of type in printing.             (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;                   hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne                   plates.                               I would have the tower two stories, and goodly                            leads upon the top.                     --Bacon          3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in             pencils.          {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its             leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]          {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight             between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.          {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in             water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.                      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or             Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,             formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]             Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.          {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.             See {To arm the lead} (below).          {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.          {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.                      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.          {Lead line}             (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a                   deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.             (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.          {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.          {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.             Same as {Massicot}.          {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is             graphite (black lead).          {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}             ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,             where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.             --Gray.          {Lead tree}.             (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous                   tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from                   the glaucous color of the foliage.             (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a                   solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip                   of zinc in lead acetate.          {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.          {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,             consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing             several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or             cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.          {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.          {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.          {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a             sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature             of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding             lead for ascertaining the depth of water.          {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a             white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of             white paint.
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Black lead \Black` lead"\       Plumbago; graphite. It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like       lead. See {Graphite}.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. 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.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Black letter \Black" let`ter\       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}.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. 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.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head                streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes,                and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in                the way of their progress. The common salmon has been                known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds;                more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five                pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and                grilse. Among the true salmons are:          {Black salmon}, or {Lake salmon}, the namaycush.          {Dog salmon}, a salmon of Western North America             ({Oncorhynchus keta}).          {Humpbacked salmon}, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus             gorbuscha}).          {King salmon}, the quinnat.          {Landlocked salmon}, a variety of the common salmon (var.             {Sebago}), long confined in certain lakes in consequence             of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the             sea. This last is called also {dwarf salmon}.          Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and                erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called                {jack salmon}; the spotted, or southern, squeteague;                the cabrilla, called {kelp salmon}; young pollock,                called {sea salmon}; and the California yellowtail.          2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the             salmon.          {Salmon berry} (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from             Alaska to California, the fruit of the {Rubus Nutkanus}.                      {Salmon killer} (Zo[94]l.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus             cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia.                      {Salmon ladder}, {Salmon stair}. See {Fish ladder}, under             {Fish}.          {Salmon peel}, a young salmon.          {Salmon pipe}, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb.          {Salmon trout}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The European sea trout ({Salmo trutta}). It resembles                   the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more                   numerous scales.             (b) The American namaycush.             (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black                   spotted trout ({Salmo purpuratus}), and to the steel                   head and other large trout of the Pacific coast.
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Black salts \Black" salts`\       Crude potash. --De Colange.
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Saltwort \Salt"wort`\, n. (Bot.)       A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as       the {Batis maritima}, and the glasswort. See {Glasswort}.          {Black saltwort}, the sea milkwort.
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Silver \Sil"ver\, n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor,       siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar,       OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar,       G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[94]lv, Goth.       silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of unknown origin.]       1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile,             very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It             is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic,             antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite,             proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of             the [bd]noble[b8] metals, so-called, not being easily             oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a             great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic             weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.          Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients                and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as                the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of                light upon them, and are used in photography.          2. Coin made of silver; silver money.          3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.          4. The color of silver.          Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of                obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright,                silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed,                silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled,                silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-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 in aqua ammonia. When dry                   it explodes violently on the slightest percussion.             (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance,                   {Ag2C2N2O2}, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution                   of silver nitrate. When dry it is violently explosive.                            {German silver}. (Chem.) See under {German}.          {Gray silver}. (Min.) See {Freieslebenite}.          {Horn silver}. (Min.) See {Cerargyrite}.          {King's silver}. (O. Eng. Law) See {Postfine}.          {Red silver}, [or] {Ruby silver}. (Min.) See {Proustite}, and             {Pyrargyrite}.          {Silver beater}, one who beats silver into silver leaf or             silver foil.          {Silver glance}, [or] {Vitreous silver}. (Min.) See             {Argentine}.
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Stephanite \Steph"an*ite\, n. [So named after the Archduke       Stephan, mining director of Austria.] (Min.)       A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and       metallic luster; called also {black silver}, and {brittle       silver ore}.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. 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.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silver \Sil"ver\, n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor,       siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar,       OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar,       G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[94]lv, Goth.       silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of unknown origin.]       1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile,             very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It             is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic,             antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite,             proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of             the [bd]noble[b8] metals, so-called, not being easily             oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a             great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic             weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.          Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients                and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as                the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of                light upon them, and are used in photography.          2. Coin made of silver; silver money.          3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.          4. The color of silver.          Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of                obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright,                silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed,                silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled,                silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-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 in aqua ammonia. When dry                   it explodes violently on the slightest percussion.             (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance,                   {Ag2C2N2O2}, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution                   of silver nitrate. When dry it is violently explosive.                            {German silver}. (Chem.) See under {German}.          {Gray silver}. (Min.) See {Freieslebenite}.          {Horn silver}. (Min.) See {Cerargyrite}.          {King's silver}. (O. Eng. Law) See {Postfine}.          {Red silver}, [or] {Ruby silver}. (Min.) See {Proustite}, and             {Pyrargyrite}.          {Silver beater}, one who beats silver into silver leaf or             silver foil.          {Silver glance}, [or] {Vitreous silver}. (Min.) See             {Argentine}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stephanite \Steph"an*ite\, n. [So named after the Archduke       Stephan, mining director of Austria.] (Min.)       A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and       metallic luster; called also {black silver}, and {brittle       silver ore}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. 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.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silver \Sil"ver\, n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor,       siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar,       OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar,       G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[94]lv, Goth.       silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of unknown origin.]       1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile,             very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It             is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic,             antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite,             proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of             the [bd]noble[b8] metals, so-called, not being easily             oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a             great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic             weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.          Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients                and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as                the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of                light upon them, and are used in photography.          2. Coin made of silver; silver money.          3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.          4. The color of silver.          Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of                obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright,                silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed,                silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled,                silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-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 in aqua ammonia. When dry                   it explodes violently on the slightest percussion.             (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance,                   {Ag2C2N2O2}, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution                   of silver nitrate. When dry it is violently explosive.                            {German silver}. (Chem.) See under {German}.          {Gray silver}. (Min.) See {Freieslebenite}.          {Horn silver}. (Min.) See {Cerargyrite}.          {King's silver}. (O. Eng. Law) See {Postfine}.          {Red silver}, [or] {Ruby silver}. (Min.) See {Proustite}, and             {Pyrargyrite}.          {Silver beater}, one who beats silver into silver leaf or             silver foil.          {Silver glance}, [or] {Vitreous silver}. (Min.) See             {Argentine}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stephanite \Steph"an*ite\, n. [So named after the Archduke       Stephan, mining director of Austria.] (Min.)       A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and       metallic luster; called also {black silver}, and {brittle       silver ore}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. 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.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squall \Squall\, n. [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous running of       water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqala to stream,       to gush.]       A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or       snow.                   The gray skirts of a lifting squall.      --Tennyson.          {Black squall}, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.          {Thick squall}, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail,             sleet, or snow. --Totten.          {White squall}, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without             being marked in its approach by the clouds. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: In some parts of America, especially in New England,                the name walnut is given to several species of hickory                ({Carya}), and their fruit.          {Ash-leaved walnut}, a tree ({Juglans fraxinifolia}), native             in Transcaucasia.          {Black walnut}, a North American tree ({J. nigra}) valuable             for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in             cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are thick-shelled,             and nearly globular.          {English}, [or] {European}, {walnut}, a tree ({J. regia}),             native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan, valuable for             its timber and for its excellent nuts, which are also             called Madeira nuts.          {Walnut brown}, a deep warm brown color, like that of the             heartwood of the black walnut.          {Walnut oil}, oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in             cooking, making soap, etc.          {White walnut}, a North American tree ({J. cinerea}), bearing             long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called             butternuts. See {Butternut}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. 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.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. {Wolves}. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin       to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [umac]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan.       ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr.       ly`kos, Skr. v[rsdot]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag,       tear in pieces. [root]286. Cf. {Lupine}, a., {Lyceum}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage             carnivores belonging to the genus {Canis} and closely             allied to the common dog. The best-known and most             destructive species are the European wolf ({Canis lupus}),             the American gray, or timber, wolf ({C. occidentalis}),             and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in             packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.          2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy,             larv[91] of several species of beetles and grain moths;             as, the bee wolf.          3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person             or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled             hard to keep the wolf from the door.          4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.          5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. {Lupus}. [Obs.]                         If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf                      into thy side.                                    --Jer. Taylor.          6. (Mus.)             (a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an                   organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.             (b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective                   vibration in certain notes of the scale.          7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight.          {Black wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common                   in the Pyrenees.             (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf.          {Golden wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the Thibetan wolf ({Canis             laniger}); -- called also {chanco}.          {Indian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic wolf ({Canis pallipes})             which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also {landgak}.                      {Prairie wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the coyote.          {Sea wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.) the striped hyena.          {Tasmanian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the zebra wolf.          {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena.          {To keep the wolf from the door}, to keep away poverty; to             prevent starvation. See {Wolf}, 3, above. --Tennyson.          {Wolf dog}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees,                   supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of                   the St. Bernard dog.             (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used                   formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves.             (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo                   dog.          {Wolf eel} (Zo[94]l.), a wolf fish.          {Wolf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,             voracious marine fishes of the genus {Anarrhichas},             especially the common species ({A. lupus}) of Europe and             North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful             jaws. Called also {catfish}, {sea cat}, {sea wolf}, {stone             biter}, and {swinefish}.          {Wolf net}, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great             numbers of fish.          {Wolf's peach} (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple             ({Lycopersicum esculentum}).          {Wolf spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             running ground spiders belonging to the genus {Lycosa}, or             family {Lycosid[91]}. These spiders run about rapidly in             search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or             blackish in color. See Illust. in App.          {Zebra wolf} (Zo[94]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial             ({Thylacinus cynocephalus}) native of Tasmania; -- called             also {Tasmanian wolf}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blacklead \Black`lead"\, v. t.       To coat or to polish with black lead.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blackleg \Black"leg`\, n.       1. A notorious gambler. [Colloq.]          2. A disease among calves and sheep, characterized by a             settling of gelatinous matter in the legs, and sometimes             in the neck. [Eng.]
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Black-letter \Black"-let`ter\, a.       1. Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter             manuscript or book.          2. Given to the study of books in black letter; that is, of             old books; out of date.                         Kemble, a black-letter man!               --J. Boaden.          3. Of or pertaining to the days in the calendar not marked             with red letters as saints' days. Hence: Unlucky;             inauspicious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blacklist \Black"list`\, v. t.       To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or       punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as       insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do       for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has       been discharged. See {Black list}, under {Black}, a.                   If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. --John                                                                               Swinton.
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Blackly \Black"ly\, adv.       In a black manner; darkly, in color; gloomily; threateningly;       atrociously. [bd]Deeds so blackly grim and horrid.[b8]       --Feltham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blacksalter \Black"salt`er\, n.       One who makes crude potash, or black salts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bleak \Bleak\, a. [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. bl[be]c,       bl[?]c, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg,       OS. bl[?]k, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the       root of AS. bl[c6]can to shine; akin to OHG. bl[c6]chen to       shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. [?] to burn, shine, Skr.       bhr[be]j to shine, and E. flame. [?]98. Cf. {Bleach},       {Blink}, {Flame}.]       1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.]                         When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as                      one that were laid out dead.               --Foxe.          2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.                         Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth,                      the foodful ear.                                 --Wordsworth.                         At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach.   --Longfellow.          3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast. --             {Bleak"ish}, a. -- {Bleak"ly}, adv. -- {Bleak"ness}, n.
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Blissless \Bliss"less\, a.       Destitute of bliss. --Sir P. Sidney.
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Blocklike \Block"like`\, a.       Like a block; stupid.
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Bluenoser \Blue"nos`er\); a Nova Scotian potato, etc.    Blue-skylaw \Blue"-sky"law`\       A law enacted to provide for the regulation and supervision       of investment companies in order to protect the public       against companies that do not intend to do a fair and honest       business and that offer investments that do not promise a       fair return; -- so called because the promises made by some       investment companies are as boundless or alluring as the blue       sky, or, perhaps, because designed to clear away the clouds       and fogs from the simple investor's horizon. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluish \Blu"ish\, a.       Somewhat blue; as, bluish veins. [bd]Bluish mists.[b8]       --Dryden. -- {Blu"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Blu"ish*ness}, n.
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Blushless \Blush"less\, a.       Free from blushes; incapable of blushing; shameless;       impudent.                   Vice now, secure, her blushless front shall raise.                                                                               --Dodsley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Law \Law\ (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root       of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[94]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov;       cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or       fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See       {Lie} to be prostrate.]       1. In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by             an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling             regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent             or a power acts.          Note: A law may be universal or particular, written or                unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the                highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is                always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a                superior power, may annul or change it.                            These are the statutes and judgments and law,                         which the Lord made.                     --Lev. xxvi.                                                                               46.                            The law of thy God, and the law of the King.                                                                               --Ezra vii.                                                                               26.                            As if they would confine the Interminable . . .                         Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.                                                                               --Milton.                            His mind his kingdom, and his will his law.                                                                               --Cowper.          2. In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition             and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and             toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to             righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the             conscience or moral nature.          3. The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture             where it is written, in distinction from the gospel;             hence, also, the Old Testament.                         What things soever the law saith, it saith to them                      who are under the law . . . But now the                      righteousness of God without the law is manifested,                      being witnessed by the law and the prophets. --Rom.                                                                               iii. 19, 21.          4. In human government:             (a) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter,                   establishing and defining the conditions of the                   existence of a state or other organized community.             (b) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute,                   resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or                   recognized, and enforced, by the controlling                   authority.          5. In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or             change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as             imposed by the will of God or by some controlling             authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion;             the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause             and effect; law of self-preservation.          6. In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as             the change of value of a variable, or the value of the             terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.          7. In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or             of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a             principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of             architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.          8. Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one             subject, or emanating from one source; -- including             usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial             proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman             law; the law of real property; insurance law.          9. Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity;             applied justice.                         Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law                      itself is nothing else but reason.      --Coke.                         Law is beneficence acting by rule.      --Burke.                         And sovereign Law, that state's collected will O'er                      thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning                      good, repressing ill.                        --Sir W.                                                                               Jones.          10. Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy;             litigation; as, to go law.                         When every case in law is right.      --Shak.                         He found law dear and left it cheap. --Brougham.          11. An oath, as in the presence of a court. [Obs.] See {Wager             of law}, under {Wager}.          {Avogadro's law} (Chem.), a fundamental conception, according             to which, under similar conditions of temperature and             pressure, all gases and vapors contain in the same volume             the same number of ultimate molecules; -- so named after             Avogadro, an Italian scientist. Sometimes called             {Amp[8a]re's law}.          {Bode's law} (Astron.), an approximative empirical expression             of the distances of the planets from the sun, as follows:             -- Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars. Aste. Jup. Sat. Uran. Nep. 4 4 4             4 4 4 4 4 4 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384 -- -- -- -- -- -- --             --- --- 4 7 10 16 28 52 100 196 388 5.9 7.3 10 15.2 27.4             52 95.4 192 300 where each distance (line third) is the             sum of 4 and a multiple of 3 by the series 0, 1, 2, 4, 8,             etc., the true distances being given in the lower line.          {Boyle's law} (Physics), an expression of the fact, that when             an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at             a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and             volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is             inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as             {Mariotte's law}, and the {law of Boyle and Mariotte}.          {Brehon laws}. See under {Brehon}.          {Canon law}, the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the             Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example,             the law of marriage as existing before the Council of             Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as             part of the common law of the land. --Wharton.          {Civil law}, a term used by writers to designate Roman law,             with modifications thereof which have been made in the             different countries into which that law has been             introduced. The civil law, instead of the common law,             prevails in the State of Louisiana. --Wharton.          {Commercial law}. See {Law merchant} (below).          {Common law}. See under {Common}.          {Criminal law}, that branch of jurisprudence which relates to             crimes.          {Ecclesiastical law}. See under {Ecclesiastical}.          {Grimm's law} (Philol.), a statement (propounded by the             German philologist Jacob Grimm) of certain regular changes             which the primitive Indo-European mute consonants,             so-called (most plainly seen in Sanskrit and, with some             changes, in Greek and Latin), have undergone in the             Teutonic languages. Examples: Skr. bh[be]tr, L. frater, E.             brother, G. bruder; L. tres, E. three, G. drei, Skr. go,             E. cow, G. kuh; Skr. dh[be] to put, Gr. ti-qe`-nai, E. do,             OHG, tuon, G. thun.          {Kepler's laws} (Astron.), three important laws or             expressions of the order of the planetary motions,             discovered by John Kepler. They are these: (1) The orbit             of a planet with respect to the sun is an ellipse, the sun             being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept over by a             vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to             the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times             of revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes             of their mean distances.          {Law binding}, a plain style of leather binding, used for law             books; -- called also {law calf}.          {Law book}, a book containing, or treating of, laws.          {Law calf}. See {Law binding} (above).          {Law day}.             (a) Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet.             (b) The day named in a mortgage for the payment of the                   money to secure which it was given. [U. S.]          {Law French}, the dialect of Norman, which was used in             judicial proceedings and law books in England from the             days of William the Conqueror to the thirty-sixth year of             Edward III.          {Law language}, the language used in legal writings and             forms.          {Law Latin}. See under {Latin}.          {Law lords}, peers in the British Parliament who have held             high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal             profession.          {Law merchant}, or {Commercial law}, a system of rules by             which trade and commerce are regulated; -- deduced from             the custom of merchants, and regulated by judicial             decisions, as also by enactments of legislatures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boyle's law \Boyle's" law`\       See under {Law}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bull \Bull\, a.       Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large;       fierce.          {Bull bat} (Zo[94]l.), the night hawk; -- so called from the             loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the             evening.          {Bull calf}.       (a) A stupid fellow.          {Bull mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the chub mackerel.          {Bull pump} (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine,             in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.          {Bull snake} (Zo[94]l.), the pine snake of the United States.                      {Bull stag}, a castrated bull. See {Stag}.          {Bull wheel}, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for             lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring,             etc.
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Wholesale \Whole"sale`\, n.       Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as       distinguished from retail.          {By wholesale}, in the mass; in large quantities; without             distinction or discrimination.                         Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book,                      and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. --I. Watts.
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Bailey Island, ME       Zip code(s): 04003
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Belle Glade, FL (city, FIPS 5200)       Location: 26.68553 N, 80.67151 W       Population (1990): 16177 (6045 housing units)       Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 33430
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Belle Glade Camp, FL (CDP, FIPS 5225)       Location: 26.65728 N, 80.68293 W       Population (1990): 1616 (427 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Belle Isle, FL (city, FIPS 5300)       Location: 28.47013 N, 81.35034 W       Population (1990): 5272 (2114 housing units)       Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 7.0 sq km (water)
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Blachly, OR       Zip code(s): 97412
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Black Lick, PA (CDP, FIPS 6744)       Location: 40.46497 N, 79.18795 W       Population (1990): 1100 (436 housing units)       Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 15716
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Blacklick, OH       Zip code(s): 43004
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Blacklick Estates, OH (CDP, FIPS 6670)       Location: 39.90493 N, 82.86452 W       Population (1990): 10080 (3371 housing units)       Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Blackwell, MO       Zip code(s): 63626    Blackwell, OK (city, FIPS 6600)       Location: 36.80164 N, 97.29853 W       Population (1990): 7538 (3636 housing units)       Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 74631    Blackwell, TX (town, FIPS 8488)       Location: 32.08453 N, 100.31862 W       Population (1990): 339 (174 housing units)       Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 79506
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Blakely, AR       Zip code(s): 71931    Blakely, GA (city, FIPS 8536)       Location: 31.37912 N, 84.93527 W       Population (1990): 5595 (2095 housing units)       Area: 29.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 31723    Blakely, PA (borough, FIPS 6928)       Location: 41.48784 N, 75.59783 W       Population (1990): 7222 (2928 housing units)       Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Bleckley County, GA (county, FIPS 23)       Location: 32.43552 N, 83.33121 W       Population (1990): 10430 (4268 housing units)       Area: 563.1 sq km (land), 4.5 sq km (water)
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Bull Shoals, AR (city, FIPS 9790)       Location: 36.37604 N, 92.58841 W       Population (1990): 1534 (906 housing units)       Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72619
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
black hole n.,vt.   [common] What data (a piece of email or    netnews, or a stream of TCP/IP packets) has fallen into if it    disappears mysteriously between its origin and destination sites    (that is, without returning a {bounce message}).   "I think there's a    black hole at foovax!" conveys suspicion that site foovax has been    dropping a lot of stuff on the floor lately (see {drop on the    floor}).   The implied metaphor of email as interstellar travel is    interesting in itself.   Readily verbed as `blackhole': "That router    is blackholing IDP packets."   Compare {bit bucket} aand see {RBL}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Blue Glue n.   [IBM] IBM's SNA (Systems Network Architecture),    an incredibly {losing} and {bletcherous} communications protocol    widely favored at commercial shops that don't know any better.   The    official IBM definition is "that which binds blue boxes together."    See {fear and loathing}.   It may not be irrelevant that Blue Glue is    the trade name of a 3M product that is commonly used to hold down    the carpet squares to the removable panel floors common in {dinosaur    pen}s.   A correspondent at U. Minn. reports that the CS department    there has about 80 bottles of the stuff hanging about, so they often    refer to any messy work to be done as `using the blue glue'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BALGOL          {ALGOL} on {Burroughs 220}.          [Sammet 1969, p. 174].          (1996-04-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
black hole          1. An expression which depends on its own value or a technique       to detect such expressions.   In graph reduction, when the       reduction of an expression is begun, the root of the       expression can be overwritten with a black hole.   If the       expression depends on its own value, e.g.          x = x + 1          then it will try to evaluate the black hole which will usually       print an error message and abort the program.   A secondary       effect is that, once the root of the expression has been       black-holed, parts of the expression which are no longer       required may be freed for garbage collection.          Without black holes the usual result of attempting to evaluate       an expression which depends on itself would be a stack       overflow.   If the expression is evaluated successfully then       the black hole will be updated with the value.          Expressions such as          ones = 1 : ones          are not black holes because the list constructor, : is lazy so       the reference to ones is not evaluated when evaluating ones to       WHNF.          2. Where an {electronic mail} message or {news} aritcle has       gone if it disappears mysteriously between its origin and       destination sites without returning a {bounce message}.       Compare {bit bucket}.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Blue Glue          {Systems Network Architecture}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baal-shalisha       lord of Shalisha, a place from which a man came with provisions       for Elisha, apparently not far from Gilgal (2 Kings 4:42). It       has been identified with Sirisia, 13 miles north of Lydda.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Baal-shalisha, the god that presides over three; the third idol