balagan
         n 1: a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew
               (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and
               complete balagan!"

English Dictionary: bleakness	by the DICT Development Group
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balconied adj having balconies or a balcony; "the balconied houses of New Orleans" Antonym(s): unbalconied
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balcony n an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
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Balkan n an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula
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Balkan country n any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula [syn: Balkan country, Balkan nation, Balkan state]
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Balkan Mountain Range n the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula Synonym(s): Balkans, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range
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Balkan Mountains n the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula Synonym(s): Balkans, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range
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Balkan nation n any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula [syn: Balkan country, Balkan nation, Balkan state]
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Balkan Peninsula n a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range Synonym(s): Balkan Peninsula, Balkans
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Balkan state n any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula [syn: Balkan country, Balkan nation, Balkan state]
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Balkan Wars n two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe
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Balkanise v divide a territory into small, hostile states [syn: Balkanize, Balkanise]
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Balkanize v divide a territory into small, hostile states [syn: Balkanize, Balkanise]
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Balkans n the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula Synonym(s): Balkans, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range Synonym(s): Balkan Peninsula, Balkans the Balkan countries collectively
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balkiness n likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly
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balking adj stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a balky mule"; "a balky customer" Synonym(s): balking, balky
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ball game n a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) [syn: ball game, ballgame]
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ball gown n the most formal gown; worn to a ball
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ball hawking n a skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team
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ball-hawking adj used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; "a ball-hawking center fielder"
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ballgame n a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation; "HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame" Synonym(s): ballgame, new ballgame a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) Synonym(s): ball game, ballgame
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balsam n any seed plant yielding balsam any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes an ointment containing a fragrant resin
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balsam apple n a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit Synonym(s): balsam apple, Momordica balsamina
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balsam capivi n an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments [syn: copaiba, copaiba balsam, balsam capivi]
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balsam family n distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers Synonym(s): Balsaminaceae, family Balsaminaceae, balsam family
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balsam fir n medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees Synonym(s): balsam fir, balm of Gilead, Canada balsam, Abies balsamea
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balsam herb n tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum Synonym(s): costmary, alecost, bible leaf, mint geranium, balsam herb, Tanacetum balsamita, Chrysanthemum balsamita
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balsam of Peru n dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases
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balsam of tolu n aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups Synonym(s): tolu, balsam of tolu, tolu balsam
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balsam pear n tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit [syn: balsam pear, Momordica charantia]
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balsam poplar n poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart- shaped leaves Synonym(s): balsam poplar, hackmatack, tacamahac, Populus balsamifera
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balsam willow n small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed Synonym(s): balsam willow, Salix pyrifolia
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balsam woolly aphid n a variety of adelgid [syn: balsam woolly aphid, {Adelges piceae}]
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balsam-scented adj smelling of balsam resin
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balsamic adj of or relating to or containing balsam; "a balsamic fragrance" Synonym(s): balsamic, balsamy
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Balsaminaceae n distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers Synonym(s): Balsaminaceae, family Balsaminaceae, balsam family
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Balsamorhiza n genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam Synonym(s): Balsamorhiza, genus Balsamorhiza
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balsamroot n a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots
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balsamy adj of or relating to or containing balsam; "a balsamic fragrance" Synonym(s): balsamic, balsamy
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bel canto n a style of operatic singing
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belching n the forceful expulsion of something from inside; "the belching of smoke from factory chimneys" a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth Synonym(s): belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation
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Belgian adj of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people; "the Belgian Queen" n a native or inhabitant of Belgium
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Belgian beef stew n beef stewed in beer seasoned with garlic and served with boiled potatoes Synonym(s): carbonnade flamande, Belgian beef stew
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Belgian capital n the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Synonym(s): Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgian capital, capital of Belgium
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Belgian Congo n a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 Synonym(s): Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Belgian Congo
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Belgian endive n young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head Synonym(s): Belgian endive, French endive, witloof
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Belgian franc n formerly the basic unit of money in Belgium
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Belgian griffon n breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle Synonym(s): griffon, Brussels griffon, Belgian griffon
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Belgian hare n red breed of domestic rabbits; hybrid between Old World rabbit and hare Synonym(s): Belgian hare, leporide
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Belgian sheepdog n hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep Synonym(s): Belgian sheepdog, Belgian shepherd
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Belgian shepherd n hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep Synonym(s): Belgian sheepdog, Belgian shepherd
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Belgian waffle n thick sweet waffle often eaten with ice cream or fruit sauce
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Belgium n a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Synonym(s): Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique
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bella sombra n fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves Synonym(s): ombu, bella sombra, Phytolacca dioica
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Belsen n a Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern Germany during World War II
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biliousness n gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" Synonym(s): temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
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Billie Jean King n United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) [syn: King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King]
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Billie Jean Moffitt King n United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) [syn: King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King]
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Billy Sunday n United States evangelist (1862-1935) [syn: Sunday, {Billy Sunday}, William Ashley Sunday]
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Black American n an American whose ancestors were born in Africa [syn: African-American, African American, Afro-American, Black American]
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black and gold garden spider n a widely distributed North American garden spider [syn: black and gold garden spider, Argiope aurantia]
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Black and Tan n an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921
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black and white adj not having or not capable of producing colors; "black- and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white" Synonym(s): black-and-white, black and white(p) Antonym(s): color, colour n communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) Synonym(s): written communication, written language, black and white a black-and-white photograph or slide Synonym(s): black and white, monochrome
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black Angus n black hornless breed from Scotland [syn: Aberdeen Angus, Angus, black Angus]
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black comedy n comedy that uses black humor
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Black English n a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States Synonym(s): African American Vernacular English, AAVE, African American English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics
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Black English Vernacular n a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States Synonym(s): African American Vernacular English, AAVE, African American English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics
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black gum n columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall Synonym(s): sour gum, black gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica 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 Hand n a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century
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black hemlock n large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock Synonym(s): mountain hemlock, black hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana
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black henbane n poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine Synonym(s): henbane, black henbane, stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger
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black humor n the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect Synonym(s): black humor, black humour
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black humour n the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect Synonym(s): black humor, black humour
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black knapweed n a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized Synonym(s): lesser knapweed, black knapweed, hardheads, Centaurea nigra
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black knot n disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches
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black magic n the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world Synonym(s): sorcery, black magic, black art, necromancy
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black maire n northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood Synonym(s): black maire, Olea cunninghamii
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black mallee 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 mamba n a highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite Synonym(s): black mamba, Dendroaspis augusticeps
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Black man n a man who is Black
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black mangrove n an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida Synonym(s): black mangrove, Aegiceras majus a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast; occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short roots that bend up from the ground Synonym(s): black mangrove, Avicennia marina
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black margate n dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward Synonym(s): pompon, black margate, Anisotremus surinamensis
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black Maria n van used by police to transport prisoners [syn: {police van}, police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, wagon, black Maria] a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades Synonym(s): hearts, Black Maria
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black market n people who engage in illicit trade an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls v deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor [syn: run, black market]
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black marketeer n someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities v deal on the black market
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black marlin n large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; may reach 1000 pounds Synonym(s): black marlin, Makaira mazara, Makaira marlina
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black medick n prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America Synonym(s): black medick, hop clover, yellow trefoil, nonesuch clover, Medicago lupulina
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black morel n a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it; the fertile body is grey when young and black in old age Synonym(s): black morel, Morchella conica, conic morel, Morchella angusticeps, narrowhead morel
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black moss n dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America Synonym(s): Spanish moss, old man's beard, black moss, long moss, Tillandsia usneoides
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black mulberry n European mulberry having dark foliage and fruit [syn: black mulberry, Morus nigra]
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black music n music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses Synonym(s): black music, African- American music
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Black Muslim n an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam
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black mustard n widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard Synonym(s): black mustard, Brassica nigra
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black nightshade n Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible Synonym(s): black nightshade, common nightshade, poisonberry, poison- berry, Solanum nigrum
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black snakeroot n deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States Synonym(s): Canada ginger, black snakeroot, Asarum canadense North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia Synonym(s): black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top, Cimicifuga racemosa
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black sumac n common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries Synonym(s): dwarf sumac, mountain sumac, black sumac, shining sumac, Rhus copallina
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black swan n large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill Synonym(s): black swan, Cygnus atratus
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Black woman n a woman who is Black
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black-and-blue adj discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises" Synonym(s): black- and-blue, livid
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black-and-tan adj having a pattern of black and tan
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black-and-tan coonhound n American breed of large powerful hound dogs used for hunting raccoons and other game
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black-and-tan terrier n a breed of short-haired rat terrier with a black-and-tan coat that was developed in Manchester, England Synonym(s): Manchester terrier, black-and-tan terrier
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black-and-white adj lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black; "a black-and-white cow"; "black-and-white blooms"; "black-and-white stripes" not having or not capable of producing colors; "black-and- white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white" Synonym(s): black-and-white, black and white(p) Antonym(s): color, colour of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories; "he rejected a black-and-white world"; "there are no black-and-white certainties"; "there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white"
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black-marked adj having black marks
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black-market adj distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" Synonym(s): bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled
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black-necked cobra n aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness Synonym(s): black- necked cobra, spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis
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black-necked grebe n small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck; found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States Synonym(s): black-necked grebe, eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
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black-necked stilt n stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck Synonym(s): black-necked stilt, Himantopus mexicanus
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black-necked stork n large mostly white Australian stork [syn: policeman bird, black-necked stork, jabiru, Xenorhyncus asiaticus]
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black-winged stilt n stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings Synonym(s): black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus
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blackamoor n a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) Synonym(s): Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
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blacken v make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" Synonym(s): blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black Antonym(s): white, whiten burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" Synonym(s): char, blacken, sear, scorch
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blacken out v darken completely; "The dining room blackened out" [syn: black out, blacken out]
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blackened adj darkened by smoke; "blackened rafters" (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury" Synonym(s): black, blackened
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blackening n changing to a darker color Synonym(s): blackening, darkening
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blacking n a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear Synonym(s): shoe polish, blacking
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blackmail n extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information v exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackmail, blackjack, pressure] obtain through threats
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blackmailer n a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them Synonym(s): blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist
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blackmouth bass n small marine fish with black mouth and gill cavity [syn: blackmouth bass, Synagrops bellus]
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blackness n the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) Synonym(s): black, blackness, inkiness Antonym(s): white, whiteness total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night" Synonym(s): total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black
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blacksmith n a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
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blacksnake n large harmless shiny black North American snake [syn: black rat snake, blacksnake, pilot blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, Elaphe obsoleta] blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet Synonym(s): blacksnake, black racer, Coluber constrictor
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Blaia Zimondal n an artificial language
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blazing adj shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" Synonym(s): blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion" Synonym(s): blatant, blazing, conspicuous n a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly" Synonym(s): blaze, blazing
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blazing star n biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning Synonym(s): blazing star, Mentzelia livicaulis, Mentzelia laevicaulis any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads Synonym(s): blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay- feather, snakeroot
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blazon n the official symbols of a family, state, etc. [syn: {coat of arms}, arms, blazon, blazonry] v decorate with heraldic arms Synonym(s): emblazon, blazon
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blazon out v proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in the market square" Synonym(s): cry, blazon out
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blazonry n the official symbols of a family, state, etc. [syn: {coat of arms}, arms, blazon, blazonry]
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bleaching agent n an agent that makes things white or colorless [syn: bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener]
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bleaching clay n an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils [syn: bleaching clay, bleaching earth]
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bleaching earth n an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils [syn: bleaching clay, bleaching earth]
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bleaching powder n a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect Synonym(s): bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime
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bleakness n a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape" Synonym(s): bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness
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Blechnaceae n one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia Synonym(s): Blechnaceae, family Blechnaceae
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Blechnum n in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns Synonym(s): Blechnum, genus Blechnum
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Blechnum spicant n fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America; often cultivated for deer browse Synonym(s): deer fern, Blechnum spicant
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blessing n the formal act of approving; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person" Synonym(s): blessing, approval, approving Antonym(s): disapproval a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors" Synonym(s): blessing, boon a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son said grace" Synonym(s): grace, blessing, thanksgiving a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection Synonym(s): benediction, blessing the act of praying for divine protection Synonym(s): blessing, benediction
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Blixen n Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962) Synonym(s): Dinesen, Isak Dinesen, Blixen, Karen Blixen, Baroness Karen Blixen
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block anaesthesia n anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve Synonym(s): conduction anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, block anaesthesia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
block and tackle n pulley blocks with associated rope or cable
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block anesthesia n anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve Synonym(s): conduction anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, block anaesthesia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blocking n the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements Synonym(s): blocking, block
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blocking agent n a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process Synonym(s): blocker, blocking agent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blossom n reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts Synonym(s): flower, bloom, blossom the period of greatest prosperity or productivity Synonym(s): flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush v produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: bloom, blossom, flower] develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity" Synonym(s): blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blossom forth v develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity" Synonym(s): blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blossom out v develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity" Synonym(s): blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blossoming n the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms Synonym(s): blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence
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blowgun n a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing [syn: blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube, blow tube]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue channel cat n a large catfish of the Mississippi valley [syn: {blue catfish}, blue cat, blue channel catfish, blue channel cat]
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blue channel catfish n a large catfish of the Mississippi valley [syn: {blue catfish}, blue cat, blue channel catfish, blue channel cat]
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blue gum n tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish Synonym(s): blue gum, fever tree, Eucalyptus globulus
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blue jean n (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear Synonym(s): jean, blue jean, denim
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blush wine n pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began Synonym(s): blush wine, pink wine, rose, rose wine
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blushing adj having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger" Synonym(s): blushful, blushing(a), red-faced
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blushing mushroom n yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched Synonym(s): blushing mushroom, blusher, Amanita rubescens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boil smut n a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass Synonym(s): boil smut, Ustilago maydis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bolo knife n long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin Synonym(s): bolo, bolo knife
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Bologna n the capital of Emilia-Romagna; located in northern Italy to the east of the Apennines large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork Synonym(s): bologna, Bologna sausage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bologna sausage n large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork Synonym(s): bologna, Bologna sausage
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bolognese pasta sauce n sauce for pasta; contains mushrooms and ham and chopped vegetables and beef and tomato paste
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Bolzano n an Italian city in Trentino-Alto Adige near the Austrian border; noted as a resort and for its Alpine scenery
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bulginess n the property possessed by a rounded convexity [syn: roundedness, bulginess]
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bulging adj curving or bulging outward Synonym(s): convex, bulging Antonym(s): concave curving outward Synonym(s): bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant
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bulk mail n mail consisting of large numbers of identical items (circulars or advertisements) sent to individual addresses at less than 1st-class rates and paid for in one lot
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bulk modulus n the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume
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bulkiness n an unwieldy largeness Synonym(s): bulkiness, massiveness
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bull snake n any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes Synonym(s): bull snake, bull-snake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bull-snake n any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes Synonym(s): bull snake, bull-snake
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baalism \Ba"al*ism\ (-[icr]z'm), n.       Worship of Baal; idolatry.
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Balcon \Bal"con\, n.       A balcony. [Obs.] --Pepys.
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Balconied \Bal"co*nied\, a.       Having balconies.
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Balcony \Bal"co*ny\, n.; pl. {Balconies}. [It. balcone; cf. It.       balco, palco, scaffold, fr. OHG. balcho, pa[?]cho, beam, G.       balken. See {Balk} beam.]       1. (Arch.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building,             usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a             parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a             projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony             in a theater.          2. A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large             ships.          Note: [bd]The accent has shifted from the second to the first                syllable within these twenty years.[b8] --Smart (1836).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balcony \Bal"co*ny\, n.; pl. {Balconies}. [It. balcone; cf. It.       balco, palco, scaffold, fr. OHG. balcho, pa[?]cho, beam, G.       balken. See {Balk} beam.]       1. (Arch.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building,             usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a             parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a             projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony             in a theater.          2. A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large             ships.          Note: [bd]The accent has shifted from the second to the first                syllable within these twenty years.[b8] --Smart (1836).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balk \Balk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Balked} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Balking}.] [From {Balk} a beam; orig. to put a balk or beam       in one's way, in order to stop or hinder. Cf., for sense 2,       AS. on balcan legan to lay in heaps.]       1. To leave or make balks in. [Obs.] --Gower.          2. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.]                         Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights,                      Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see.                                                                               --Shak.          3. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.]          4. To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to             let go by; to shirk. [Obs. or Obsolescent]                         By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked                      the [?]nns.                                       --Evelyn.                         Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat.                                                                               --Bp. Hall.                         Nor doth he any creature balk, But lays on all he                      meeteth.                                             --Drayton.          5. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to             [?]hwart; as, to balk expectation.                         They shall not balk my entrance.         --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balkingly \Balk"ing*ly\, adv.       In a manner to balk or frustrate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,       Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]       1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or             volatile oil.          Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing                spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A                great variety of substances pass under this name, but                the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in                addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and                cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of                Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.                There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and                resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to                which the name balsam has been given.          2. (Bot.)             (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).             (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with                   beautiful flowers; balsamine.          3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.                         Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica             balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or             orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a             walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and             poultices.          {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies             balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.                      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.          {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.          {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained             from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and             used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment             of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of             Peru.          {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or             solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree             ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is             used as a stomachic and expectorant.          {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.             the {Abies balsamea}.          {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a             yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,             becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the             balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by             breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See             {Balm}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balsam \Bal"sam\, v. t.       To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam;       to render balsamic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,       Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]       1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or             volatile oil.          Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing                spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A                great variety of substances pass under this name, but                the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in                addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and                cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of                Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.                There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and                resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to                which the name balsam has been given.          2. (Bot.)             (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).             (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with                   beautiful flowers; balsamine.          3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.                         Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica             balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or             orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a             walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and             poultices.          {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies             balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.                      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.          {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.          {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained             from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and             used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment             of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of             Peru.          {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or             solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree             ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is             used as a stomachic and expectorant.          {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.             the {Abies balsamea}.          {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a             yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,             becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the             balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by             breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See             {Balm}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,       Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]       1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or             volatile oil.          Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing                spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A                great variety of substances pass under this name, but                the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in                addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and                cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of                Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.                There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and                resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to                which the name balsam has been given.          2. (Bot.)             (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).             (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with                   beautiful flowers; balsamine.          3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.                         Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica             balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or             orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a             walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and             poultices.          {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies             balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.                      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.          {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.          {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained             from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and             used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment             of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of             Peru.          {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or             solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree             ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is             used as a stomachic and expectorant.          {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.             the {Abies balsamea}.          {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a             yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,             becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the             balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by             breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See             {Balm}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fir \Fir\ (f[etil]r), n. [Dan. fyr, fyrr; akin to Sw. furu,       Icel. fura, AS. furh in furhwudu fir wood, G. f[94]hre, OHG.       forha pine, vereheih a sort of oak, L. quercus oak.] (Bot.)       A genus ({Abies}) of coniferous trees, often of large size       and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and       others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the       {balsam fir}, the {silver fir}, the {red fir}, etc. The       Scotch fir is a {Pinus}.          Note: Fir in the Bible means any one of several coniferous                trees, including, cedar, cypress, and probably three                species of pine. --J. D. Hooker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,       Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]       1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or             volatile oil.          Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing                spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A                great variety of substances pass under this name, but                the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in                addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and                cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of                Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.                There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and                resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to                which the name balsam has been given.          2. (Bot.)             (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).             (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with                   beautiful flowers; balsamine.          3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.                         Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica             balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or             orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a             walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and             poultices.          {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies             balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.                      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.          {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.          {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained             from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and             used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment             of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of             Peru.          {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or             solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree             ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is             used as a stomachic and expectorant.          {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.             the {Abies balsamea}.          {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a             yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,             becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the             balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by             breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See             {Balm}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fir \Fir\ (f[etil]r), n. [Dan. fyr, fyrr; akin to Sw. furu,       Icel. fura, AS. furh in furhwudu fir wood, G. f[94]hre, OHG.       forha pine, vereheih a sort of oak, L. quercus oak.] (Bot.)       A genus ({Abies}) of coniferous trees, often of large size       and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and       others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the       {balsam fir}, the {silver fir}, the {red fir}, etc. The       Scotch fir is a {Pinus}.          Note: Fir in the Bible means any one of several coniferous                trees, including, cedar, cypress, and probably three                species of pine. --J. D. Hooker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,       Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]       1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or             volatile oil.          Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing                spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A                great variety of substances pass under this name, but                the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in                addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and                cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of                Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.                There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and                resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to                which the name balsam has been given.          2. (Bot.)             (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).             (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with                   beautiful flowers; balsamine.          3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.                         Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica             balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or             orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a             walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and             poultices.          {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies             balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.                      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.          {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.          {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained             from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and             used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment             of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of             Peru.          {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or             solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree             ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is             used as a stomachic and expectorant.          {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.             the {Abies balsamea}.          {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a             yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,             becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the             balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by             breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See             {Balm}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Copaiba \Co*pai"ba\ (?; 277), Copaiva \Co*pai"va\, n. [Sp. &       Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa[a3]ba.] (Med.)       A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin       of several species of {Copaifera}, a genus of trees growing       in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and       diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous       membranes; -- called also {balsam of copaiba}. [Written also       {capivi}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,       Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]       1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or             volatile oil.          Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing                spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A                great variety of substances pass under this name, but                the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in                addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and                cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of                Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.                There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and                resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to                which the name balsam has been given.          2. (Bot.)             (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).             (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with                   beautiful flowers; balsamine.          3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.                         Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica             balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or             orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a             walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and             poultices.          {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies             balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.                      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.          {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.          {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained             from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and             used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment             of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of             Peru.          {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or             solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree             ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is             used as a stomachic and expectorant.          {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.             the {Abies balsamea}.          {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a             yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,             becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the             balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by             breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See             {Balm}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Copaiba \Co*pai"ba\ (?; 277), Copaiva \Co*pai"va\, n. [Sp. &       Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa[a3]ba.] (Med.)       A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin       of several species of {Copaifera}, a genus of trees growing       in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and       diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous       membranes; -- called also {balsam of copaiba}. [Written also       {capivi}.]
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Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,       Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]       1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or             volatile oil.          Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing                spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A                great variety of substances pass under this name, but                the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in                addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and                cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of                Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.                There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and                resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to                which the name balsam has been given.          2. (Bot.)             (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).             (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with                   beautiful flowers; balsamine.          3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.                         Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica             balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or             orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a             walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and             poultices.          {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies             balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.                      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.          {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.          {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained             from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and             used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment             of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of             Peru.          {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or             solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree             ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is             used as a stomachic and expectorant.          {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.             the {Abies balsamea}.          {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a             yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,             becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the             balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by             breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See             {Balm}.
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Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,       Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]       1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or             volatile oil.          Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing                spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A                great variety of substances pass under this name, but                the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in                addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and                cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of                Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.                There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and                resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to                which the name balsam has been given.          2. (Bot.)             (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).             (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with                   beautiful flowers; balsamine.          3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.                         Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica             balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or             orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a             walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and             poultices.          {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies             balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.                      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.          {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.          {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained             from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and             used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment             of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of             Peru.          {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or             solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree             ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is             used as a stomachic and expectorant.          {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.             the {Abies balsamea}.          {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a             yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,             becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the             balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by             breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See             {Balm}.
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Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,       Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]       1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or             volatile oil.          Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing                spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A                great variety of substances pass under this name, but                the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in                addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and                cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of                Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.                There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and                resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to                which the name balsam has been given.          2. (Bot.)             (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).             (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with                   beautiful flowers; balsamine.          3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.                         Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica             balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or             orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a             walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and             poultices.          {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies             balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.                      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.          {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.          {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained             from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and             used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment             of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of             Peru.          {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or             solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree             ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is             used as a stomachic and expectorant.          {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.             the {Abies balsamea}.          {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a             yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,             becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the             balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by             breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See             {Balm}.
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Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,       Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]       1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or             volatile oil.          Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing                spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A                great variety of substances pass under this name, but                the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in                addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and                cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of                Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.                There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and                resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to                which the name balsam has been given.          2. (Bot.)             (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).             (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with                   beautiful flowers; balsamine.          3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.                         Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica             balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or             orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a             walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and             poultices.          {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies             balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.                      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.          {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.          {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained             from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and             used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment             of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of             Peru.          {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or             solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree             ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is             used as a stomachic and expectorant.          {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.             the {Abies balsamea}.          {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a             yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,             becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the             balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by             breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See             {Balm}.
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Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,       Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]       1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or             volatile oil.          Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing                spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A                great variety of substances pass under this name, but                the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in                addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and                cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of                Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.                There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and                resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to                which the name balsam has been given.          2. (Bot.)             (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).             (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with                   beautiful flowers; balsamine.          3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.                         Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?                                                                               --Tennyson.          {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica             balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or             orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a             walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and             poultices.          {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies             balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.                      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.          {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.          {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained             from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and             used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment             of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of             Peru.          {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or             solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree             ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is             used as a stomachic and expectorant.          {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.             the {Abies balsamea}.          {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a             yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,             becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the             balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by             breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See             {Balm}.
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Balsamation \Bal`sam*a"tion\, n.       1. The act of imparting balsamic properties.          2. The art or process of embalming.
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Balsamic \Bal*sam"ic\, Balsamical \Bal*sam"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.       balsamique.]       Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling,       balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.
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Balsamic \Bal*sam"ic\, Balsamical \Bal*sam"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.       balsamique.]       Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling,       balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.
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Balsamiferous \Bal`sam*if"er*ous\, a. [Balsam + -ferous.]       Producing balsam.
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Balsamine \Bal"sam*ine\, n. [Cf. F. balsamine, fr. Gr. [?]       balsam plant.] (Bot.)       The {Impatiens balsamina}, or garden balsam.
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d8Xylobalsamum \[d8]Xy`lo*bal"sa*mum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. xy`lon       wood + [?] the balsam tree, balsam; cf. L. xylobalsamum       balsam wood, Gr. [?].] (Med.)       The dried twigs of a Syrian tree ({Balsamodendron       Gileadense}). --U. S. Disp.
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Balm \Balm\, n. [OE. baume, OF. bausme, basme, F. baume, L.       balsamum balsam, from Gr. [?]; perhaps of Semitic origin; cf.       Heb. b[be]s[be]m. Cf. {Balsam}.]       1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus {Melissa}.          2. The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or             shrubs. --Dryden.          3. Any fragrant ointment. --Shak.          4. Anything that heals or that mitigates pain. [bd]Balm for             each ill.[b8] --Mrs. Hemans.          {Balm cricket} (Zo[94]l.), the European cicada. --Tennyson.          {Balm of Gilead} (Bot.), a small evergreen African and             Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family ({Balsamodendron             Gileadense}). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong             aromatic scent; and from this tree is obtained the balm of             Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca. This has a             yellowish or greenish color, a warm, bitterish, aromatic             taste, and a fragrant smell. It is valued as an unguent             and cosmetic by the Turks. The fragrant herb             {Dracocephalum Canariense} is familiarly called balm of             Gilead, and so are the American trees, {Populus             balsamifera}, variety candicans (balsam poplar), and             {Abies balsamea} (balsam fir).
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Myrrh \Myrrh\, n. [OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha,       murra, Gr. [?]; cf. Ar. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar       bitter.]       A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of       an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is       valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It       exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the       {Balsamodendron Myrrha}. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed       to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the       exudation of species of {Cistus}, or rockrose.          {False myrrh}. See the Note under {Bdellium}.
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Opobalsam \Op`o*bal"sam\, d8Opobalsamum \[d8]Op`o*bal"sa*mum\,       n. [L. opobalsamum, Gr. [?]; [?] vegetable juice + [?]       balsam.] (Med.)       The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the       {Balsamodendron opobalsamum}, now commonly called {balm of       Gilead}. See under {Balm}.
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Balsamous \Bal"sam*ous\, a.       Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam. [bd]A       balsamous substance.[b8] --Sterne.
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Belch \Belch\ (b[ecr]lch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belched}       (b[ecr]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Belching}.] [OE. belken, AS.       bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See {Bellow}, v. i.]       1. To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to             eruct.                         I belched a hurricane of wind.            --Swift.          2. To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to             give vent to; to vent.                         Within the gates that now Stood open wide, belching                      outrageous flame.                              --Milton.
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Belgian \Bel"gi*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to Belgium.
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Belgian \Bel"gi*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to Belgium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of       Belgium.
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Belgian block \Belgian block\       A nearly cubical block of some tough stone, esp. granite,       used as a material for street pavements. Its usual diameter       is 5 to 7 inches.
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Bellows \Bel"lows\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. bely, below, belly,       bellows, AS. b[91]lg, b[91]lig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows       is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See {Belly}.]       An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate       expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top,       draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for       various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or       filling the pipes of an organ with wind.          {Bellows camera}, in photography, a form of camera, which can             be drawn out like an accordion or bellows.          {Hydrostatic bellows}. See {Hydrostatic}.          {A pair of bellows}, the ordinary household instrument for             blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped             boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a             valve and tube.
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Camera \Cam"e*ra\, n.; pl. E. {Cameras}, L. {Camerae}. [L.       vault, arch, LL., chamber. See {Chamber}.]       A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The       {camera obscura} when used in photography. See {Camera}, and       {Camera obscura}.          {Bellows camera}. See under {Bellows}.          {In camera} (Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately;             as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open             court in camera.          {Panoramic}, [or] {Pantascopic}, {camera}, a photographic             camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so             as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to             the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical             slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. --Abney.
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Biela's comet \Bie"la's com"et\ (Astron.)       A periodic coment, discovered by Biela in 1826, which       revolves around the sun in 6.6 years. The November meteors       (Andromedes or Bielids) move in its orbit, and may be       fragments of the comet.
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Bilaciniate \Bi`la*cin"i*ate\, a. [Pref. bi- + laciniate.]       Doubly fringed.
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Bilge \Bilge\ (b[icr]lj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bilged}       (b[icr]ljd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bilging}.]       1. (Naut.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a             leak by a fracture in the bilge.          2. To bulge.
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Biliousness \Bil"ious*ness\, n.       The state of being bilious.
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Bilk \Bilk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bilked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bilking}.] [Origin unknown. Cf. {Balk}.]       To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by       nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give       the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. --Thackeray.
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Jet \Jet\, n. [OF. jet, jayet, F. ja[8b]et, jais, L. gagates,       fr. Gr. [?]; -- so called from [?] or [?], a town and river       in Lycia.] [written also {jeat}, {jayet}.] (Min.)       A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet       black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought       into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called       also {black amber}.          {Jet ant} (Zo[94]l.), a blackish European ant ({Formica             fuliginosa}), which builds its nest of a paperlike             material in the trunks of trees.
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2. Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light             yellow; as, the amber of the sky.          3. Ambergris. [Obs.]                         You that smell of amber at my charge. --Beau. & Fl.          4. The balsam, liquidambar.          {Black amber}, and old and popular name for jet.
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Jet \Jet\, n. [OF. jet, jayet, F. ja[8b]et, jais, L. gagates,       fr. Gr. [?]; -- so called from [?] or [?], a town and river       in Lycia.] [written also {jeat}, {jayet}.] (Min.)       A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet       black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought       into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called       also {black amber}.          {Jet ant} (Zo[94]l.), a blackish European ant ({Formica             fuliginosa}), which builds its nest of a paperlike             material in the trunks of trees.
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2. Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light             yellow; as, the amber of the sky.          3. Ambergris. [Obs.]                         You that smell of amber at my charge. --Beau. & Fl.          4. The balsam, liquidambar.          {Black amber}, and old and popular name for jet.
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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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Tan \Tan\, a.       Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.          {Black and tan}. See under {Black}, a.
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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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White \White\, n.       1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of             bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all             colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note             under {Color}, n., 1.                         Finely attired in a of white.            --Shak.          2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or             nearly so; as, the white of the eye.          3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery,             which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at             which a missile is shot.                         'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.                                                                               --Shak.          4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or             Caucasian, races of men.          5. A white pigment; as, Venice white.          6. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies             belonging to {Pieris}, and allied genera in which the             color is usually white. See {Cabbage butterfly}, under             {Cabbage}.          {Black and white}. See under {Black}.          {Flake white}, {Paris white}, etc. See under {Flack},             {Paris}, etc.          {White of a seed} (Bot.), the albumen. See {Albumen}, 2.          {White of egg}, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds             the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In             a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent             of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater             portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a             small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar,             with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it             coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it             contains. --Parr.          {White of the eye} (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the             eye surrounding the transparent cornea.
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Black \Black\, n.       1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest             color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth             has a good black.                         Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and                      the suit of night.                              --Shak.          2. A black pigment or dye.          3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or             shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain             African races.          4. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. (Obs.)             Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.                         Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the                      like show death terrible.                  --Bacon.                         That was the full time they used to wear blacks for                      the death of their fathers.               --Sir T.                                                                               North.          5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest             by being black.                         The black or sight of the eye.            --Sir K.                                                                               Digby.          6. A stain; a spot; a smooch.                         Defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks                      of lust.                                             --Rowley.          {Black and white}, writing or print; as, I must have that             statement in black and white.          {Blue black}, a pigment of a blue black color.          {Ivory black}, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by             calcining ivory or bones. When ground it is the chief             ingredient of the ink used in copperplate printing.          {Berlin black}. See under {Berlin}.
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]:
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]:
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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Canker \Can"ker\ (k[acr][nsm]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre,       AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer       a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. [?] excrescence on       tree, [?] gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L.       cancer. See {cancer}, and cf. {Chancre}.]       1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading             gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the             mouth; -- called also {water canker}, {canker of the             mouth}, and {noma}.          2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.                         The cankers of envy and faction.         --Temple.          3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to             rot and fall off.          4. (Far.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a             horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny             portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually             resulting from neglected thrush.          5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.                         To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. And                      plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke. --Shak.          {Black canker}. See under {Black}.
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Augustinian \Au`gus*tin"i*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in       Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.          {Augustinian canons}, an order of monks once popular in             England and Ireland; -- called also {regular canons of St.             Austin}, and {black canons}.          {Augustinian hermits} or {Austin friars}, an order of friars             established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was             introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790.          {Augustinian nuns}, an order of nuns following the rule of             St. Augustine.          {Augustinian rule}, a rule for religious communities based             upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the             Augustinian orders.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canon \Can"on\, n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F.       canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL.       canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr.       Gr. [?] rule, rod, fr. [?], [?], red. See {Cane}, and cf.       {Canonical}.]       1. A law or rule.                         Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon                      'gainst self-slaughter.                     --Shak.          2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted             by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a             decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by             ecclesiastical authority.                         Various canons which were made in councils held in                      the second centry.                              --Hock.          3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy             Scriptures, called the {sacred canon}, or general rule of             moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible;             also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See {Canonical             books}, under {Canonical}, a.          4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious             order.          5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the             Roman Catholic Church.          6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a             prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.          7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one             after another, at regular intervals, successively taking             up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda             (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew,             thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the             strictest form of imitation. See {Imitation}.          8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name;             -- so called from having been used for printing the canons             of the church.          9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called             also {ear} and {shank}.          Note: [See Illust. of {Bell}.] --Knight.          10. (Billiards) See {Carom}.          {Apostolical canons}. See under {Apostolical}.          {Augustinian canons}, {Black canons}. See under             {Augustinian}.          {Canon capitular}, {Canon residentiary}, a resident member of             a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the             year).          {Canon law}. See under {Law}.          {Canon of the Mass} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass,             following the Sanctus, which never changes.          {Honorary canon}, a canon who neither lived in a monastery,             nor kept the canonical hours.          {Minor canon} (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a             chapter, but has not yet received a prebend.          {Regular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual             community and follower the rule of St. Austin; a Black             canon.          {Secular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a             monastery, but kept the hours.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Augustinian \Au`gus*tin"i*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in       Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.          {Augustinian canons}, an order of monks once popular in             England and Ireland; -- called also {regular canons of St.             Austin}, and {black canons}.          {Augustinian hermits} or {Austin friars}, an order of friars             established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was             introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790.          {Augustinian nuns}, an order of nuns following the rule of             St. Augustine.          {Augustinian rule}, a rule for religious communities based             upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the             Augustinian orders.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canon \Can"on\, n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F.       canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL.       canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr.       Gr. [?] rule, rod, fr. [?], [?], red. See {Cane}, and cf.       {Canonical}.]       1. A law or rule.                         Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon                      'gainst self-slaughter.                     --Shak.          2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted             by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a             decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by             ecclesiastical authority.                         Various canons which were made in councils held in                      the second centry.                              --Hock.          3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy             Scriptures, called the {sacred canon}, or general rule of             moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible;             also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See {Canonical             books}, under {Canonical}, a.          4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious             order.          5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the             Roman Catholic Church.          6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a             prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.          7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one             after another, at regular intervals, successively taking             up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda             (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew,             thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the             strictest form of imitation. See {Imitation}.          8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name;             -- so called from having been used for printing the canons             of the church.          9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called             also {ear} and {shank}.          Note: [See Illust. of {Bell}.] --Knight.          10. (Billiards) See {Carom}.          {Apostolical canons}. See under {Apostolical}.          {Augustinian canons}, {Black canons}. See under             {Augustinian}.          {Canon capitular}, {Canon residentiary}, a resident member of             a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the             year).          {Canon law}. See under {Law}.          {Canon of the Mass} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass,             following the Sanctus, which never changes.          {Honorary canon}, a canon who neither lived in a monastery,             nor kept the canonical hours.          {Minor canon} (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a             chapter, but has not yet received a prebend.          {Regular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual             community and follower the rule of St. Austin; a Black             canon.          {Secular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a             monastery, but kept the hours.
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Cumin \Cum"in\ (k?m"?n), n. [OE. comin, AS. cymen, fr. L.       cuminum, Gr.[?][?][?][?][?][?][?]; of Semitic origin, cf. Ar.       kamm[?]n, Heb. kamm[?]n; cf. OF. comin, F. cumin. Cf.       {Kummel}.] (Bot.)       A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel       ({Cuminum Cyminum}), cultivated for its seeds, which have a       bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used       like those of anise and caraway. [Written also {cummin}.]                   Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. --Spenser.          {Black cumin} (Bot.), a plant ({Nigella sativa}) with pungent             seeds, used by the Afghans, etc.
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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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Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.       h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,       Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow       pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with                   minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink                   flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,                   thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It                   is also called {heather}, and {ling}.             (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which                   several are European, and many more are South African,                   some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.          2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of             country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.                         Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the                      blasted heath.                                    --Milton          {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}             (below).          {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus             {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.          {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European             grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called             also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath             fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and             {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.          {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).          {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris             macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in             Scotland are used to flavor whisky.          {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which             frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
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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Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.       h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,       Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow       pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with                   minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink                   flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,                   thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It                   is also called {heather}, and {ling}.             (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which                   several are European, and many more are South African,                   some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.          2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of             country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.                         Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the                      blasted heath.                                    --Milton          {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}             (below).          {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus             {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.          {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European             grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called             also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath             fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and             {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.          {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).          {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris             macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in             Scotland are used to flavor whisky.          {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which             frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tupelo \Tu"pe*lo\, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American       Indian name.] (Bot.)       A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora}) of the Dogwood       family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red       berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to       split. Called also {black gum}, {sour gum}, and {pepperidge}.          {Largo tupelo}, [or] {Tupelo gum} (Bot.), an American tree             ({Nyssa uniflora}) with softer wood than the tupelo.          {Sour tupelo} (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime.
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]:
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,       fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It.       {gomma}.]       1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens             when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;             gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with             less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water;             as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.          2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}.          3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any             roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow             log. [Southern U. S.]          4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]          {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under             {Black}, {Blue}, etc.          {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass             tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}).          {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so             called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}.          {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}.          {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of             {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in             Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}.             East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange             family which bears the elephant apple.          {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea             frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning             and in precipitating indigo.          {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus             ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.          {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}.          {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}.          {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}.          {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}.          {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}.          {Gum lac}. See {Lac}.          {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental             species of Cistus or rock rose.          {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the             parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]},             {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum.          {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and             mixing other ingredients.          {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by             exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures             of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin             containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.          {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}.          {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees             ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the             Senegal country, West Africa.          {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}.          {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and             Australia:             (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest                   trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue                   fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the                   large trees become hollow.             (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.}             (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar                   styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with                   pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It                   exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.          {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.                      {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the             {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tupelo \Tu"pe*lo\, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American       Indian name.] (Bot.)       A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora}) of the Dogwood       family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red       berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to       split. Called also {black gum}, {sour gum}, and {pepperidge}.          {Largo tupelo}, [or] {Tupelo gum} (Bot.), an American tree             ({Nyssa uniflora}) with softer wood than the tupelo.          {Sour tupelo} (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime.
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]:
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,       fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It.       {gomma}.]       1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens             when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;             gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with             less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water;             as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.          2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}.          3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any             roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow             log. [Southern U. S.]          4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]          {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under             {Black}, {Blue}, etc.          {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass             tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}).          {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so             called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}.          {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}.          {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of             {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in             Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}.             East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange             family which bears the elephant apple.          {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea             frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning             and in precipitating indigo.          {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus             ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.          {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}.          {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}.          {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}.          {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}.          {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}.          {Gum lac}. See {Lac}.          {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental             species of Cistus or rock rose.          {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the             parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]},             {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum.          {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and             mixing other ingredients.          {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by             exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures             of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin             containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.          {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}.          {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees             ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the             Senegal country, West Africa.          {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}.          {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and             Australia:             (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest                   trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue                   fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the                   large trees become hollow.             (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.}             (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar                   styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with                   pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It                   exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.          {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.                      {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the             {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
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Black Hamburg \Black Ham"burg\       A sweet and juicy variety of European grape, of a dark       purplish black color, much grown under glass in northern       latitudes.
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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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Hamburg \Ham"burg\, n.       A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.          {Black Hamburg grape}. See under {Black}.          {Hamburg edging}, a kind of embroidered work done by             machinery on cambric or muslin; -- used for trimming.          {Hamburg lake}, a purplish crimson pigment resembling             cochineal.
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Black Hand \Black Hand\ [A trans. of Sp. mano negra.]       1. A Spanish anarchistic society, many of the members of             which were imprisoned in 1883.          2. A lawless or blackmailing secret society, esp. among             Italians. [U. S.]
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Coalsack \Coal"sack`\, n. [Coal + 2d sack.] (Astron.)       Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black,       owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the       large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the       {Black Magellanic Cloud}.
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]:
Manganese \Man`ga*nese"\, n. [F. mangan[8a]se, It. manganese,       sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of       its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf.       {Magnesia}.] (Chem.)       An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard,       grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily       oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals       pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8.          Note: An alloy of manganese with iron (called ferromanganese)                is used to increase the density and hardness of steel.          {Black oxide of manganese}, {Manganese dioxide [or]       peroxide}, or {Black manganese} (Chem.), a heavy black powder             {MnO2}, occurring native as the mineral pyrolusite, and             valuable as a strong oxidizer; -- called also familiarly             {manganese}. It colors glass violet, and is used as a             decolorizer to remove the green tint of impure glass.          {Manganese bronze}, an alloy made by adding from one to two             per cent of manganese to the copper and zinc used in             brass.
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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]:
Swift \Swift\, n.       1. The current of a stream. [R.] --Walton.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small,             long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family             {Micropodid[91]}. In form and habits the swifts resemble             swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles             and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely             different group allied to the humming birds.          Note: The common European swift ({Cypselus, [or] Micropus,                apus}) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of                roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill                screams. It is called also {black martin}, {black                swift}, {hawk swallow}, {devil bird}, {swingdevil},                {screech martin}, and {shreik owl}. The common                American, or chimney, swift ({Ch[91]tura pelagica}) has                sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers. It attaches its                nest to the inner walls of chimneys, and is called also                {chimney swallow}. The Australian swift ({Ch[91]tura                caudacuta}) also has sharp naked tips to the tail                quills. The European Alpine swift ({Cypselus melba}) is                whitish beneath, with a white band across the breast.                The common Indian swift is {Cypselus affinis}. See also                {Palm swift}, under {Palm}, and {Tree swift}, under                {Tree}.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the             pine lizard.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The ghost moth. See under {Ghost}.          5. [Cf. {Swivel}.] A reel, or turning instrument, for winding             yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.          6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
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]:
Swift \Swift\, n.       1. The current of a stream. [R.] --Walton.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small,             long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family             {Micropodid[91]}. In form and habits the swifts resemble             swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles             and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely             different group allied to the humming birds.          Note: The common European swift ({Cypselus, [or] Micropus,                apus}) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of                roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill                screams. It is called also {black martin}, {black                swift}, {hawk swallow}, {devil bird}, {swingdevil},                {screech martin}, and {shreik owl}. The common                American, or chimney, swift ({Ch[91]tura pelagica}) has                sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers. It attaches its                nest to the inner walls of chimneys, and is called also                {chimney swallow}. The Australian swift ({Ch[91]tura                caudacuta}) also has sharp naked tips to the tail                quills. The European Alpine swift ({Cypselus melba}) is                whitish beneath, with a white band across the breast.                The common Indian swift is {Cypselus affinis}. See also                {Palm swift}, under {Palm}, and {Tree swift}, under                {Tree}.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the             pine lizard.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The ghost moth. See under {Ghost}.          5. [Cf. {Swivel}.] A reel, or turning instrument, for winding             yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.          6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
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]:
Black Monday \Black" Mon`day\       1. Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day in             1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s             soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold. --Stow.                         Then it was not for nothing that my nose fell a                      bleeding on Black Monday last.            --Shak.          2. The first Monday after the holidays; -- so called by             English schoolboys. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black monk \Black" monk`\       A Benedictine monk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moss \Moss\, n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[a2]s, D. mos, G. moos,       OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh',       L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.]       1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with             distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small             capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so             discharging the spores. There are many species,             collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks,             and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.          Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other                small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species                of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss,                etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus                {Lycopodium}. See {Club moss}, under {Club}, and                {Lycopodium}.          2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses             of the Scottish border.          Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of                words which need no special explanation; as,                moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc.          {Black moss}. See under {Black}, and {Tillandsia}.          {Bog moss}. See {Sphagnum}.          {Feather moss}, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp.             several species of the genus {Hypnum}.          {Florida moss}, {Long moss}, [or] {Spanish moss}. See             {Tillandsia}.          {Iceland moss}, a lichen. See {Iceland Moss}.          {Irish moss}, a seaweed. See {Carrageen}.          {Moss agate} (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown,             black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in             part to oxide of manganese. Called also {Mocha stone}.          {Moss animal} (Zo[94]l.), a bryozoan.          {Moss berry} (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium             Oxycoccus}).          {Moss campion} (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene             acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the             highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the             Arctic circle.          {Moss land}, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants,             forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the             water is grained off or retained in its pores.          {Moss pink} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Phlox} ({P.             subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the             Middle United States, and often cultivated for its             handsome flowers. --Gray.          {Moss rose} (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike             growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived             from the Provence rose.          {Moss rush} (Bot.), a rush of the genus {Juncus} ({J.             squarrosus}).          {Scale moss}. See {Hepatica}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tillandsia \[d8]Til*land"si*a\, n. [NL. So named after Prof.       Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)       A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern       United States and in tropical America. {Tillandsia       usneoides}, called {long moss}, {black moss}, {Spanish moss},       and {Florida moss}, has a very slender pendulous branching       stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees.       It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
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]:
Moss \Moss\, n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[a2]s, D. mos, G. moos,       OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh',       L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.]       1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with             distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small             capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so             discharging the spores. There are many species,             collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks,             and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.          Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other                small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species                of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss,                etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus                {Lycopodium}. See {Club moss}, under {Club}, and                {Lycopodium}.          2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses             of the Scottish border.          Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of                words which need no special explanation; as,                moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc.          {Black moss}. See under {Black}, and {Tillandsia}.          {Bog moss}. See {Sphagnum}.          {Feather moss}, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp.             several species of the genus {Hypnum}.          {Florida moss}, {Long moss}, [or] {Spanish moss}. See             {Tillandsia}.          {Iceland moss}, a lichen. See {Iceland Moss}.          {Irish moss}, a seaweed. See {Carrageen}.          {Moss agate} (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown,             black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in             part to oxide of manganese. Called also {Mocha stone}.          {Moss animal} (Zo[94]l.), a bryozoan.          {Moss berry} (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium             Oxycoccus}).          {Moss campion} (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene             acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the             highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the             Arctic circle.          {Moss land}, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants,             forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the             water is grained off or retained in its pores.          {Moss pink} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Phlox} ({P.             subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the             Middle United States, and often cultivated for its             handsome flowers. --Gray.          {Moss rose} (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike             growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived             from the Provence rose.          {Moss rush} (Bot.), a rush of the genus {Juncus} ({J.             squarrosus}).          {Scale moss}. See {Hepatica}.
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d8Tillandsia \[d8]Til*land"si*a\, n. [NL. So named after Prof.       Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)       A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern       United States and in tropical America. {Tillandsia       usneoides}, called {long moss}, {black moss}, {Spanish moss},       and {Florida moss}, has a very slender pendulous branching       stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees.       It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
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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]:
Moss \Moss\, n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[a2]s, D. mos, G. moos,       OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh',       L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.]       1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with             distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small             capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so             discharging the spores. There are many species,             collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks,             and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.          Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other                small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species                of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss,                etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus                {Lycopodium}. See {Club moss}, under {Club}, and                {Lycopodium}.          2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses             of the Scottish border.          Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of                words which need no special explanation; as,                moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc.          {Black moss}. See under {Black}, and {Tillandsia}.          {Bog moss}. See {Sphagnum}.          {Feather moss}, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp.             several species of the genus {Hypnum}.          {Florida moss}, {Long moss}, [or] {Spanish moss}. See             {Tillandsia}.          {Iceland moss}, a lichen. See {Iceland Moss}.          {Irish moss}, a seaweed. See {Carrageen}.          {Moss agate} (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown,             black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in             part to oxide of manganese. Called also {Mocha stone}.          {Moss animal} (Zo[94]l.), a bryozoan.          {Moss berry} (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium             Oxycoccus}).          {Moss campion} (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene             acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the             highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the             Arctic circle.          {Moss land}, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants,             forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the             water is grained off or retained in its pores.          {Moss pink} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Phlox} ({P.             subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the             Middle United States, and often cultivated for its             handsome flowers. --Gray.          {Moss rose} (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike             growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived             from the Provence rose.          {Moss rush} (Bot.), a rush of the genus {Juncus} ({J.             squarrosus}).          {Scale moss}. See {Hepatica}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tillandsia \[d8]Til*land"si*a\, n. [NL. So named after Prof.       Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)       A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern       United States and in tropical America. {Tillandsia       usneoides}, called {long moss}, {black moss}, {Spanish moss},       and {Florida moss}, has a very slender pendulous branching       stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees.       It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
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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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Cutwater \Cut"wa`ter\ (k[ucr]t"w[add]`t[etil]r), n. (Naut.)       1. The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.          2. A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a             bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order             better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the             sharpened upper end of the pier itself.          3. (Zo[94]l.) A sea bird of the Atlantic ({Rhynchops nigra});             -- called also {black skimmer}, {scissorsbill}, and             {razorbill}. See {Skimmer}.
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Black snake \Black" snake`\ (sn[amac]k) [or] Blacksnake    \Black"snake\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in       the United States, the {Bascanium constrictor}, or racer,       sometimes six feet long, and the {Scotophis Alleghaniensis},       seven or eight feet long.          Note: The name is also applied to various other black                serpents, as {Natrix atra} of Jamaica.
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Blackamoor \Black"a*moor\, n. [Black + Moor.]       A negro or negress. --Shak.
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Blacken \Black"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackened}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blackening}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Black}, v.       t. ]       1. To make or render black.                         While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope.          2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. [bd]Blackened the whole             heavens.[b8] --South.          3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as,             vice blackens the character.          Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;                traduce; malign; asperse.
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Blacken \Black"en\, v. i.       To grow black or dark.
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Blacken \Black"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackened}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blackening}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Black}, v.       t. ]       1. To make or render black.                         While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope.          2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. [bd]Blackened the whole             heavens.[b8] --South.          3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as,             vice blackens the character.          Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;                traduce; malign; asperse.
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Blackener \Black"en*er\, n.       One who blackens.
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Blacken \Black"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackened}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blackening}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Black}, v.       t. ]       1. To make or render black.                         While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope.          2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. [bd]Blackened the whole             heavens.[b8] --South.          3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as,             vice blackens the character.          Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;                traduce; malign; asperse.
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Blacking \Black"ing\, n.       1. Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for             giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves.          2. The act or process of making black.
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Black \Black\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blacking}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Blacken}.]       1. To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.                         They have their teeth blacked, both men and women,                      for they say a dog hath his teeth white, therefore                      they will black theirs.                     --Hakluyt.                         Sins which black thy soul.                  --J. Fletcher.          2. To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by             applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
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Blackmail \Black"mail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackmailed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Blackmailing}.]       To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than       bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.;       as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an       alleged fraud. [U. S.]
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Blackmail \Black"mail`\, n. [Black + mail a piece of money.]       1. A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing,             anciently paid, in the north of England and south of             Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or             moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. --Sir             W. Scott.          2. Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also,             extortion of money from a person by threats of public             accusation, exposure, or censure.          3. (Eng. Law) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the             lowest coin, a opposed to [bd]white rent[b8], which paid             in silver.          {To levy blackmail}, to extort money by threats, as of injury             to one's reputation.
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Blackmail \Black"mail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackmailed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Blackmailing}.]       To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than       bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.;       as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an       alleged fraud. [U. S.]
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Blackmailer \Black"mail`er\, n.       One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black       mailing.
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Blackmail \Black"mail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackmailed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Blackmailing}.]       To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than       bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.;       as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an       alleged fraud. [U. S.]
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Blackmailing \Black"mail`ing\, n.       The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of       injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.
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Blackmoor \Black"moor\, n.       See {Blackamoor}.
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Black-mouthed \Black"-mouthed`\, a.       Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
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Stork \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah,       Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. [?] a       vulture.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of large wading birds of the       family {Ciconid[91]}, having long legs and a long, pointed       bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America,       and belong to {Ciconia} and several allied genera. The       European white stork ({Ciconia alba}) is the best known. It       commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney,       a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork ({C. nigra}) is       native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.          {Black-necked stork}, the East Indian jabiru.          {Hair-crested stork}, the smaller adjutant of India             ({Leptoptilos Javanica}).          {Giant stork}, the adjutant.          {Marabou stork}. See {Marabou}. -- Saddle-billed stork, the             African jabiru. See {Jabiru}.          {Stork's bill} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Pelargonium};             -- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of             the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See             {Pelargonium}.
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Blackness \Black"ness\, n.       The quality or state of being black; black color;       atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.                   They're darker now than blackness.         --Donne.
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Blacksmith \Black"smith`\, n. [Black (in allusion to the color       of the metal) + smith. Cf. {Whitesmith}.]       1. A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron             utensils, horseshoes, etc.                         The blacksmith may forge what he pleases. --Howell.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A fish of the Pacific coast ({Chromis, [or]             Heliastes, punctipinnis}), of a blackish color.
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Black snake \Black" snake`\ (sn[amac]k) [or] Blacksnake    \Black"snake\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in       the United States, the {Bascanium constrictor}, or racer,       sometimes six feet long, and the {Scotophis Alleghaniensis},       seven or eight feet long.          Note: The name is also applied to various other black                serpents, as {Natrix atra} of Jamaica.
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Blaze \Blaze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blazing}.]       1. To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire             blazes.          2. To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to             show a blaze.                         And far and wide the icy summit blazed.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          3. To be resplendent. --Macaulay.          {To blaze away}, to discharge a firearm, or to continue             firing; -- said esp. of a number of persons, as a line of             soldiers. Also used (fig.) of speech or action. [Colloq.]
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Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.       Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.       --Sir W. Scott.          {Blazing star}.       (a) A comet. [Obs.]       (b) A brilliant center of attraction.       (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to             {Cham[91]lirium luteum} of the Lily family; {Liatris             squarrosa}; and {Aletris farinosa}, called also             {colicroot} and {star grass}.
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{Blazing star}, {Double star}, {Multiple star}, {Shooting       star}, etc. See under {Blazing}, {Double}, etc.          {Nebulous star} (Astron.), a small well-defined circular             nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.                      {Star anise} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so             called from its star-shaped capsules.          {Star apple} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum             Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a             silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike             fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when             cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of             about sixty species, and the natural order             ({Sapotace[91]}) to which it belongs is called the             Star-apple family.          {Star conner}, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an             astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.          {Star coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of stony             corals belonging to {Astr[91]a}, {Orbicella}, and allied             genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and             contain conspicuous radiating septa.          {Star cucumber}. (Bot.) See under {Cucumber}.          {Star flower}. (Bot.)             (a) A plant of the genus {Ornithogalum};                   star-of-Bethlehem.             (b) See {Starwort}             (b) .             (c) An American plant of the genus {Trientalis}                   ({Trientalis Americana}). --Gray.          {Star fort} (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with             projecting angles; -- whence the name.          {Star gauge} (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points             projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of             different parts of the bore of a gun.          {Star grass}. (Bot.)             (a) A small grasslike plant ({Hypoxis erecta}) having                   star-shaped yellow flowers.             (b) The colicroot. See {Colicroot}.          {Star hyacinth} (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus {Scilla}             ({S. autumnalis}); -- called also {star-headed hyacinth}.                      {Star jelly} (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants             ({Nostoc commune}, {N. edule}, etc.). See {Nostoc}.          {Star lizard}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stellion}.          {Star-of-Bethlehem} (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant             ({Ornithogalum umbellatum}) having a small white starlike             flower.          {Star-of-the-earth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Plantago}             ({P. coronopus}), growing upon the seashore.          {Star polygon} (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other             so as to form a star-shaped figure.          {Stars and Stripes}, a popular name for the flag of the             United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal             stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in             a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,             one for each.                         With the old flag, the true American flag, the                      Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the                      chamber in which we sit.                     --D. Webster.          {Star showers}. See {Shooting star}, under {Shooting}.          {Star thistle} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea             solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with radiating             spines.          {Star wheel} (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of             ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions             of some machines.          {Star worm} (Zo[94]l.), a gephyrean.          {Temporary star} (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,             shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.             These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be             variable stars of long and undetermined periods.          {Variable star} (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies             periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes             irregularly; -- called {periodical star} when its changes             occur at fixed periods.          {Water star grass} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera             graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
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Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.       Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.       --Sir W. Scott.          {Blazing star}.       (a) A comet. [Obs.]       (b) A brilliant center of attraction.       (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to             {Cham[91]lirium luteum} of the Lily family; {Liatris             squarrosa}; and {Aletris farinosa}, called also             {colicroot} and {star grass}.
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Blazon \Bla"zon\, n. [OE. blason, blasoun, shield, fr. F. blason       coat of arms, OF. shield, from the root of AS. bl[91]se       blaze, i. e., luster, splendor, MHG. blas torch See {Blaze},       n.]       1. A shield. [Obs.]          2. An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat             of arms; armorial bearings.                         Their blazon o'er his towers displayed. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          3. The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic             bearings in the proper language or manner. --Peacham.          4. Ostentatious display, either by words or other means;             publication; show; description; record.                         Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the                      company.                                             --Collier.                         Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and                      spirit, Do give thee fivefold blazon. --Shak.
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Blazon \Bla"zon\, v. i.       To shine; to be conspicuous. [R.]
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Blazon \Bla"zon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blazoned}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Blazoning}.] [From blazon, n.; confused with 4th blaze:       cf. F. blasonner.]       1. To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously;             to publish or make public far and wide.                         Thyself thou blazon'st.                     --Shak.                         There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow.                                                                               --Trumbull.                         To blazon his own worthless name.      --Cowper.          2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn.                         She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form.                                                                               --Garth.          3. (Her.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of             heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings);             to emblazon.                         The coat of, arms, which I am not herald enough to                      blazon into English.                           --Addison.
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Blazon \Bla"zon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blazoned}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Blazoning}.] [From blazon, n.; confused with 4th blaze:       cf. F. blasonner.]       1. To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously;             to publish or make public far and wide.                         Thyself thou blazon'st.                     --Shak.                         There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow.                                                                               --Trumbull.                         To blazon his own worthless name.      --Cowper.          2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn.                         She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form.                                                                               --Garth.          3. (Her.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of             heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings);             to emblazon.                         The coat of, arms, which I am not herald enough to                      blazon into English.                           --Addison.
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Blazoner \Bla"zon*er\, n.       One who gives publicity, proclaims, or blazons; esp., one who       blazons coats of arms; a herald. --Burke.
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Blazon \Bla"zon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blazoned}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Blazoning}.] [From blazon, n.; confused with 4th blaze:       cf. F. blasonner.]       1. To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously;             to publish or make public far and wide.                         Thyself thou blazon'st.                     --Shak.                         There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow.                                                                               --Trumbull.                         To blazon his own worthless name.      --Cowper.          2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn.                         She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form.                                                                               --Garth.          3. (Her.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of             heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings);             to emblazon.                         The coat of, arms, which I am not herald enough to                      blazon into English.                           --Addison.
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Blazonment \Bla"zon*ment\ (bl[amac]"z'n*m[eit]nt), n.       The act of blazoning; blazoning; emblazonment.
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Blazonry \Bla"zon*ry\, n.       1. Same as {Blazon}, 3.                         The principles of blazonry.               --Peacham.          2. A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings.                         The blazonry of Argyle.                     --Lord                                                                               Dufferin.          3. Artistic representation or display.
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Bleach \Bleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleached}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bleaching}.] [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS.       bl[be]cian, bl[?]can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja,       Sw. bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. bl[be]c       pale. See {Bleak}, a.]       To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains,       from; to blanch; to whiten.                   The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the                bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action                of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous                acid.                                                      --Ure.                   Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the                tyrant's cheek in every varying clime.   --Smollett.
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Bleaching \Bleach"ing\, n.       The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains;       esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents.       --Ure.          {Bleaching powder}, a powder for bleaching, consisting of             chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.
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Bleaching \Bleach"ing\, n.       The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains;       esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents.       --Ure.          {Bleaching powder}, a powder for bleaching, consisting of             chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.
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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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{Bless me!} {Bless us!} an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.          {To bless from}, to secure, defend, or preserve from.             [bd]Bless me from marrying a usurer.[b8] --Shak.                         To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.                      {To bless with}, {To be blessed with}, to favor or endow             with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us             with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blessed}or {Blest}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blessing}.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,       bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl[?]d blood; prob. originally to       consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See {Blood}.]       1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate                         And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.                                                                               --Gen. ii. 3.          2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity             or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.                         The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest; It                      blesseth him that gives and him that takes. --Shak.                         It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy                      servant, that it may continue forever before thee.                                                                               --1 Chron.                                                                               xvii. 27 (R.                                                                               V. )          3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to             invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.                         Bless them which persecute you.         --Rom. xii.                                                                               14.          4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities             upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.                         Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and                      looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.                                                                               16.          5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).             [Archaic] --Holinshed.          6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]          7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.                         Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within                      me, bless his holy name.                     --Ps. ciii. 1.          8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.                         The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.                                                                               iv. 3.          9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]                         And burning blades about their heads do bless.                                                                               --Spenser.                         Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.                                                                               --Fairfax.          Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,                Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old                rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all                parts of it. [bd]In drawing [their bow] some fetch such                a compass as though they would turn about and bless all                the field.[b8] --Ascham.
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Blessing \Bless"ing\, n. [AS. bletsung. See {Bless}, v. t.]       1. The act of one who blesses.          2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring             divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish             of happiness pronounces.                         This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of                      God blessed the children of Israel.   --Deut.                                                                               xxxiii. 1.          3. A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and             welfare; a beneficent gift.                         Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed.                                                                               --Milton.          4. (Bib.) A gift. [A Hebraism] --Gen. xxxiii. 11.          5. Grateful praise or worship.
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Blissom \Blis"som\, v. i. [For blithesome: but cf. also Icel.       bl[?]sma of a goat at heat.]       To be lustful; to be lascivious. [Obs.]
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Blissom \Blis"som\, a.       Lascivious; also, in heat; -- said of ewes.
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Block chain \Block chain\ (Mach.)       A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks       connected by thin side links pivoted to the ends of the       blocks, used with sprocket wheels to transmit power, as in a       bicycle.
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Block \Block\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blocking}.] [Cf. F. bloquer, fr. bloc block. See {Block},       n.]       1. To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to             prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the             way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed             by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.                         With moles . . . would block the port. --Rowe.                         A city . . . besieged and blocked about. --Milton.          2. To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two             boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood             glued to each.          3. To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.          {To block out}, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out             roughly; to lay out; as, to block out a plan.
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Blocking \Block"ing\, n.       1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping             with a block or blocks.          2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
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Blocking course \Block"ing course`\ (Arch.)       The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.
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Blosmy \Blos"my\, a.       Blossomy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Blossom \Blos"som\ (bl[ocr]s"s[ucr]m), n. [OE. blosme, blostme,       AS. bl[omac]sma, bl[omac]stma, blossom; akin to D. bloesem,       L. fios, and E. flower; from the root of E. blow to blossom.       See {Blow} to blossom, and cf. {Bloom} a blossom.]       1. The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of             reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom;             the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and             fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom.          Note: The term has been applied by some botanists, and is                also applied in common usage, to the corolla. It is                more commonly used than flower or bloom, when we have                reference to the fruit which is to succeed. Thus we use                flowers when we speak of plants cultivated for                ornament, and bloom in a more general sense, as of                flowers in general, or in reference to the beauty of                flowers.                            Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day.                                                                               --Longfellow.          2. A blooming period or stage of development; something             lovely that gives rich promise.                         In the blossom of my youth.               --Massinger.          3. The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with             sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.          {In blossom}, having the blossoms open; in bloom.
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Blossom \Blos"som\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blossomed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blossoming}.] [AS. bl[?]stmian. See {Blossom}, n.]       1. To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to             flower.                         The moving whisper of huge trees that branched And                      blossomed.                                          --Tennyson.          2. To flourish and prosper.                         Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of                      the world with fruit.                        --Isa. xxvii.                                                                               6.
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Blossom \Blos"som\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blossomed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blossoming}.] [AS. bl[?]stmian. See {Blossom}, n.]       1. To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to             flower.                         The moving whisper of huge trees that branched And                      blossomed.                                          --Tennyson.          2. To flourish and prosper.                         Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of                      the world with fruit.                        --Isa. xxvii.                                                                               6.
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Blossom \Blos"som\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blossomed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blossoming}.] [AS. bl[?]stmian. See {Blossom}, n.]       1. To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to             flower.                         The moving whisper of huge trees that branched And                      blossomed.                                          --Tennyson.          2. To flourish and prosper.                         Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of                      the world with fruit.                        --Isa. xxvii.                                                                               6.
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Blossomless \Blos"som*less\, a.       Without blossoms.
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Blossomy \Blos"som*y\, a.       Full of blossoms; flowery.
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Blowgun \Blow"gun`\, n.       A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long,       through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by       the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain       Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also       {blowpipe}, and {blowtube}. See {Sumpitan}.
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Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla,       blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau;       but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.]       1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,             whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue             as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8]             --Milton.          2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,             of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence             of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air             was blue with oaths.          3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.          4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,             thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]          5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour             religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;             inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;             as, blue laws.          6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of             bluestocking. [Colloq.]                         The ladies were very blue and well informed.                                                                               --Thackeray.          {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}.          {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost             black.          {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}.          {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope             ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger             species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok.          {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod.          {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the             Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes             hastatus}).          {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema             dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also             {bastard pennyroyal}.          {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons             suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low             spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue             devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8]             --Thackeray.          {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum.          {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus             globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in             tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as             a protection against malaria. The essential oil is             beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very             useful. See {Eucalyptus}.          {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.                      {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval             uniform.          {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}.          {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to             describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor             reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any             puritanical laws. [U. S.]          {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue             flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at             sea, and in military operations.          {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the             English college of arms; -- so called from the color of             his official robes.          {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed             the blue pill. --McElrath.          {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus             glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.          {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or             itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).                      {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment.          {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white             square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to             recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,             one of the British signal flags.          {Blue pill}. (Med.)             (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.             (b) Blue mass.          {Blue ribbon}.             (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;                   -- hence, a member of that order.             (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great                   ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These                   [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the                   college.[b8] --Farrar.             (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total                   abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon                   Army.          {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.          {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}.          {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush             ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}).          {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}.          {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue             crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico             printing, etc.          {Blue water}, the open ocean.          {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected.          {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;             not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising             Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the             Covenanters.
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Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,       fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It.       {gomma}.]       1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens             when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;             gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with             less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water;             as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.          2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}.          3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any             roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow             log. [Southern U. S.]          4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]          {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under             {Black}, {Blue}, etc.          {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass             tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}).          {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so             called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}.          {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}.          {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of             {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in             Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}.             East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange             family which bears the elephant apple.          {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea             frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning             and in precipitating indigo.          {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus             ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.          {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}.          {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}.          {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}.          {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}.          {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}.          {Gum lac}. See {Lac}.          {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental             species of Cistus or rock rose.          {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the             parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]},             {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum.          {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and             mixing other ingredients.          {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by             exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures             of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin             containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.          {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}.          {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees             ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the             Senegal country, West Africa.          {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}.          {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and             Australia:             (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest                   trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue                   fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the                   large trees become hollow.             (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.}             (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar                   styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with                   pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It                   exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.          {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.                      {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the             {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
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Jaundice \Jaun"dice\ (?; 277), n. [OE. jaunis, F. jaunisse, fr.       jaune yellow, orig. jalne, fr. L. galbinus yellowish, fr.       galbus yellow.] (Med.)       A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes,       skin, and urine, whiteness of the f[91]ces, constipation,       uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite,       and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by       obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming       up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into       the blood.          {Blue jaundice}. See {Cyanopathy}.
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Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla,       blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau;       but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.]       1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,             whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue             as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8]             --Milton.          2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,             of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence             of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air             was blue with oaths.          3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.          4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,             thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]          5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour             religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;             inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;             as, blue laws.          6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of             bluestocking. [Colloq.]                         The ladies were very blue and well informed.                                                                               --Thackeray.          {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}.          {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost             black.          {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}.          {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope             ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger             species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok.          {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod.          {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the             Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes             hastatus}).          {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema             dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also             {bastard pennyroyal}.          {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons             suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low             spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue             devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8]             --Thackeray.          {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum.          {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus             globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in             tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as             a protection against malaria. The essential oil is             beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very             useful. See {Eucalyptus}.          {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.                      {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval             uniform.          {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}.          {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to             describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor             reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any             puritanical laws. [U. S.]          {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue             flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at             sea, and in military operations.          {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the             English college of arms; -- so called from the color of             his official robes.          {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed             the blue pill. --McElrath.          {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus             glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.          {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or             itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).                      {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment.          {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white             square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to             recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,             one of the British signal flags.          {Blue pill}. (Med.)             (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.             (b) Blue mass.          {Blue ribbon}.             (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;                   -- hence, a member of that order.             (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great                   ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These                   [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the                   college.[b8] --Farrar.             (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total                   abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon                   Army.          {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.          {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}.          {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush             ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}).          {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}.          {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue             crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico             printing, etc.          {Blue water}, the open ocean.          {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected.          {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;             not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising             Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the             Covenanters.
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Junco \Jun"co\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any bird of the genus {Junco}, which includes several species       of North American finches; -- called also {snowbird}, or       {blue snowbird}.
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Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes,             nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the             United States, and often appearing in large flocks during             snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked             with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting},             {snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}.       (b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in             winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern             United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See             {Junco}.       (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
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Dollardee \Dol`lar*dee"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A species of sunfish ({Lepomis pallidus}), common in the       United States; -- called also {blue sunfish}, and       {copper-nosed bream}.
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Bluegown \Blue"gown`\, n.       One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars,       in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were       distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman.
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Blue-john \Blue"-john`\, n.       A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used       for ornamental purposes.
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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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Blush \Blush\ (bl[ucr]sh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blushed}       (bl[ucr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blushing}.] [OE. bluschen to       shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a       torch, [be]bl[ymac]sian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to       blaze, blush.]       1. To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense             of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such             cause, as the cheeks or face.                         To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the                      morn.                                                --Milton.                         In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the                      young offender is ashamed to blush.   --Buckminster.                         He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous                      worth, That blushed at its own praise. --Cowper.          2. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.                         The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But                      stayed, and made the western welkin blush. --Shak.          3. To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other             flowers.                         Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. --T.                                                                               Gray.
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Blushing \Blush"ing\, a.       Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color       like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.                   The dappled pink and blushing rose.         --Prior.
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Blushing \Blush"ing\, n.       The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or       flush upon the cheeks.
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Blushingly \Blush"ing*ly\, adv.       In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer       or confess blushingly.
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Bologna \Bo*lo"gna\, n.       1. A city of Italy which has given its name to various             objects.          2. A Bologna sausage.          {Bologna sausage} [It. salsiccia di Bologna], a large sausage             made of bacon or ham, veal, and pork, chopped fine and             inclosed in a skin.          {Bologna stone} (Min.), radiated barite, or barium sulphate,             found in roundish masses composed of radiating fibers,             first discovered near Bologna. It is phosphorescent when             calcined.          {Bologna vial}, a vial of unannealed glass which will fly             into pieces when its surface is scratched by a hard body,             as by dropping into it a fragment of flint; whereas a             bullet may be dropped into it without injury.
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Phosphorus \Phos"phor*us\, n.; pl. {Phosphori}. [L., the morning       star, Gr. [?], lit., light bringer; [?] light + [?] to       bring.]       1. The morning star; Phosphor.          2. (Chem.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen             group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy             substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It             is very active chemically, must be preserved under water,             and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures,             giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs             compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral             apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on             the tips of friction matches, and for many other purposes.             The molecule contains four atoms. Symbol P. Atomic weight             31.0.          3. (Chem.) Hence, any substance which shines in the dark like             phosphorus, as certain phosphorescent bodies.          {Bologna phosphorus} (Chem.), sulphide of barium, which             shines in the dark after exposure to light; -- so called             because this property was discovered by a resident of             Bologna. The term is sometimes applied to other compounds             having similar properties.          {Metallic phosphorus} (Chem.), an allotropic modification of             phosphorus, obtained as a gray metallic crystalline             substance, having very inert chemical properties. It is             obtained by heating ordinary phosphorus in a closed vessel             at a high temperature.          {Phosphorus disease} (Med.), a disease common among workers             in phosphorus, giving rise to necrosis of the jawbone, and             other symptoms.          {Red, [or] Amorphous}, {phosphorus} (Chem.), an allotropic             modification of phosphorus, obtained as a dark red powder             by heating ordinary phosphorus in closed vessels. It is             not poisonous, is not phosphorescent, and is only             moderately active chemically. It is valuable as a chemical             reagent, and is used in the composition of the friction             surface on which safety matches are ignited.          {Solar phosphori} (Chem.), phosphorescent substances which             shine in the dark after exposure to the sunlight or other             intense light.
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Bologna \Bo*lo"gna\, n.       1. A city of Italy which has given its name to various             objects.          2. A Bologna sausage.          {Bologna sausage} [It. salsiccia di Bologna], a large sausage             made of bacon or ham, veal, and pork, chopped fine and             inclosed in a skin.          {Bologna stone} (Min.), radiated barite, or barium sulphate,             found in roundish masses composed of radiating fibers,             first discovered near Bologna. It is phosphorescent when             calcined.          {Bologna vial}, a vial of unannealed glass which will fly             into pieces when its surface is scratched by a hard body,             as by dropping into it a fragment of flint; whereas a             bullet may be dropped into it without injury.
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Bologna \Bo*lo"gna\, n.       1. A city of Italy which has given its name to various             objects.          2. A Bologna sausage.          {Bologna sausage} [It. salsiccia di Bologna], a large sausage             made of bacon or ham, veal, and pork, chopped fine and             inclosed in a skin.          {Bologna stone} (Min.), radiated barite, or barium sulphate,             found in roundish masses composed of radiating fibers,             first discovered near Bologna. It is phosphorescent when             calcined.          {Bologna vial}, a vial of unannealed glass which will fly             into pieces when its surface is scratched by a hard body,             as by dropping into it a fragment of flint; whereas a             bullet may be dropped into it without injury.
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Bologna \Bo*lo"gna\, n.       1. A city of Italy which has given its name to various             objects.          2. A Bologna sausage.          {Bologna sausage} [It. salsiccia di Bologna], a large sausage             made of bacon or ham, veal, and pork, chopped fine and             inclosed in a skin.          {Bologna stone} (Min.), radiated barite, or barium sulphate,             found in roundish masses composed of radiating fibers,             first discovered near Bologna. It is phosphorescent when             calcined.          {Bologna vial}, a vial of unannealed glass which will fly             into pieces when its surface is scratched by a hard body,             as by dropping into it a fragment of flint; whereas a             bullet may be dropped into it without injury.
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Bolognese \Bo*lo`gnese"\, a.       Of or pertaining to Bologna. -- n. A native of Bologna.          {Bolognese school} (Paint.), a school of painting founded by             the Carracci, otherwise called the Lombard or Eclectic             school, the object of which was to unite the excellences             of the preceding schools.
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Bolognese \Bo*lo`gnese"\, a.       Of or pertaining to Bologna. -- n. A native of Bologna.          {Bolognese school} (Paint.), a school of painting founded by             the Carracci, otherwise called the Lombard or Eclectic             school, the object of which was to unite the excellences             of the preceding schools.
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Bolognian \Bo*lo"gnian\, a. & n.       Bolognese.          {Bolognian stone}. See {Bologna stone}, under {Bologna}.
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Bolognian \Bo*lo"gnian\, a. & n.       Bolognese.          {Bolognian stone}. See {Bologna stone}, under {Bologna}.
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Bulchin \Bul"chin\, n. [Dim. of bull.]       A little bull.
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Bulge \Bulge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bulging}.]       1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it             yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall             bulges.          2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.                         And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.                                                                               --Broome.
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Bulkiness \Bulk"i*ness\, n.       Greatness in bulk; size.
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Bulk \Bulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bulking}.]       To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.                   The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the                moment.                                                   --Leslie                                                                               Stephen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See             {Pinus}.          Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United                States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the                {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.                resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.                Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch                pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}                ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The                {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which                bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,                firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly                considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other                genera.          2. The wood of the pine tree.          3. A pineapple.          {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.          {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,             the {Araucaria excelsa}.          {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered             with pines. [Southern U.S.]          {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into             pine trees.          {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.                      {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola             enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both             hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with             red.          {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray             lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle             States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and             {alligator}.          {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also                   {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.             (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.          {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91]             burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often             doing great damage.          {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola             pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine             forests.          {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves             of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.          {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).          {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir             and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.                      {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American             snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered             with brown blotches having black margins. Called also             {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is             chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.          {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.          {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the             seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a             figure of a pine tree.          {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees.             Several species are known in both Europe and America,             belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.          {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming             them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the             Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic             arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood             wool}.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See             {Pinus}.          Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United                States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the                {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.                resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.                Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch                pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}                ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The                {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which                bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,                firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly                considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other                genera.          2. The wood of the pine tree.          3. A pineapple.          {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.          {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,             the {Araucaria excelsa}.          {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered             with pines. [Southern U.S.]          {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into             pine trees.          {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.                      {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola             enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both             hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with             red.          {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray             lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle             States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and             {alligator}.          {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also                   {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.             (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.          {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91]             burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often             doing great damage.          {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola             pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine             forests.          {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves             of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.          {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).          {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir             and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.                      {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American             snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered             with brown blotches having black margins. Called also             {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is             chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.          {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.          {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the             seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a             figure of a pine tree.          {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees.             Several species are known in both Europe and America,             belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.          {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming             them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the             Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic             arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood             wool}.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bullcomber \Bull"comb*er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A scaraboid beetle; esp. the {Typh[91]us vulgaris} of Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bull's-nose \Bull's"-nose`\, n. (Arch.)       An external angle when obtuse or rounded.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bells and whistles n.   [common] Features added to a program or    system to make it more {flavorful} from a hacker's point of view,    without necessarily adding to its utility for its primary function.    Distinguished from {chrome}, which is intended to attract users.    "Now that we've got the basic program working, let's go back and add    some bells and whistles."   No one seems to know what distinguishes a    bell from a whistle.   The recognized emphatic form is "bells,    whistles, and gongs".          It used to be thought that this term derived from the toyboxes on    theater organs.   However, the "and gongs" strongly suggests a    different origin, at sea.   Before powered horns, ships routinely    used bells, whistles, and gongs to signal each other over longer    distances than voice can carry.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
black magic n.   [common] A technique that works, though nobody    really understands why.   More obscure than {voodoo programming},    which may be done by cookbook.   Compare also {black art}, {deep    magic}, and {magic number} (sense 2).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bell Communications Research, Inc          (Bellcore) The research laboratory for the seven regional       {Bell Telephone} companies in the USA that were created by the       divestiture of {AT&T} in 1984.          It can be compared to {Bell Laboratories}, for which many       Bellcore employees used to work.   Currently jointly owned by       the seven baby bells (as they are called), there are rumours       that it is to be sold by its current owners to become an       independent research laboratory          Its headquarters are in Livingstone, New Jersey.   It has       offices in Morristown, Lincroft, and Piscataway, all in       New Jersey, USA.          Telephone: +1 (201) 74 3000, +1 (800) 521 CORE.          (1994-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bells and whistles          [By analogy with the toyboxes on theatre organs].   Features       added to a program or system to make it more {flavourful} from       a hacker's point of view, without necessarily adding to its       utility for its primary function.   Distinguished from       {chrome}, which is intended to attract users.   "Now that we've       got the basic program working, let's go back and add some       bells and whistles."   No one seems to know what distinguishes       a bell from a whistle.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
black magic          (Or "{FM}") A technique that works, though nobody       really understands why.   More obscure than {voodoo       programming}, which may be done by {cookbook}.          Compare {black art}, {deep magic}, and {magic number}.          (2001-04-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Blosim          Block-Diagram Simulator.   A block-diagram simulator. "A Tool       for Structured Functional Simulation", D.G. Messerschmitt,       IEEE J on Selected Areas in Comm, SAC-2(1):137-147, 1984.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bilshan       son of the tongue; i.e., "eloquent", a man of some note who       returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Neh.       7:7).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bilshan, in the tongue
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Belgium       Belgium:Geography       Location: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and    the Netherlands       Map references: Europe       Area:    total area: 30,510 sq km    land area: 30,230 sq km    comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland       Land boundaries: total 1,385 km, France 620 km, Germany 167 km,    Luxembourg 148 km, Netherlands 450 km       Coastline: 64 km       Maritime claims:    continental shelf: median line with neighbors    exclusive fishing zone: median line with neighbors (extends about 68    km from coast)    territorial sea: 12 nm       International disputes: none       Climate: temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy       Terrain: flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills,    rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast       Natural resources: coal, natural gas       Land use:    arable land: 24%    permanent crops: 1%    meadows and pastures: 20%    forest and woodland: 21%    other: 34%       Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1989 est.)       Environment:    current issues: Meuse River, a major source of drinking water,    polluted from steel production wastes; other rivers polluted by animal    wastes and fertilizers; industrial air pollution contributes to acid    rain in neighboring countries    natural hazards: flooding is a threat in areas of reclaimed coastal    land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes    international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air    Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty, Endangered Species,    Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine    Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship    Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified -    Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air    Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental    Protocol, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea       Note: crossroads of Western Europe; majority of West European capitals    within 1,000 km of Brussels which is the seat of the EU       Belgium:People       Population: 10,081,880 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: 18% (female 875,079; male 919,939)    15-64 years: 66% (female 3,303,219; male 3,363,250)    65 years and over: 16% (female 969,966; male 650,427) (July 1995 est.)       Population growth rate: 0.17% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 11.46 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 10.22 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: 0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 77.21 years    male: 73.94 years    female: 80.67 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 1.62 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Belgian(s)    adjective: Belgian       Ethnic divisions: Fleming 55%, Walloon 33%, mixed or other 12%       Religions: Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%       Languages: Dutch 56%, French 32%, German 1%, legally bilingual 11%    divided along ethnic lines       Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)    total population: 99%       Labor force: 4.126 million    by occupation: services 63.6%, industry 28%, construction 6.1%,    agriculture 2.3% (1988)       Belgium:Government       Names:    conventional long form: Kingdom of Belgium    conventional short form: Belgium    local long form: Royaume de Belgique    local short form: Belgique       Digraph: BE       Type: constitutional monarchy       Capital: Brussels       Administrative divisions: 9 provinces (French: provinces, singular -    province; Flemish: provincien, singular - provincie); Antwerpen,    Brabant, Hainaut, Liege, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, Oost-Vlaanderen,    West-Vlaanderen       Independence: 4 October 1830 (from the Netherlands)       National holiday: National Day, 21 July (ascension of King Leopold to    the throne in 1831)       Constitution: 7 February 1831, last revised 14 July 1993; parliament    approved a constitutional package creating a federal state       Legal system: civil law system influenced by English constitutional    theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ    jurisdiction, with reservations       Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal and compulsory       Executive branch:    chief of state: King ALBERT II (since 9 August 1993)    head of government: Prime Minister Jean-Luc DEHAENE (since 6 March    1992)    cabinet: Cabinet; the king appoints the ministers who are approved by    the legislature       Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament    Senate: (Flemish - Senaat, French - Senat); elections last held 24    November 1991 (next to be held by the end of 1995); results - percent    of vote by party NA; seats - (184 total; of which 106 are directly    elected; in the 1995 elections, seats will decrease to 71) CVP 20, SP    14, VLD 13, VU 5, AGALEV 5, VB 5, ROSSEN 1, PS 18, PRL 9, PSC 9, ECOLO    6, FDF 1    Chamber of Deputies: (Flemish - Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers,    French - Chambre des Representants); elections last held 24 November    1991 (next to be held by 21 May 1995); results - CVP 16.7%, PS 13.6%,    SP 12.0%, VLD 11.9%, PRL 8.2%, PSC 7.8%, VB 6.6%, VU 5.9%, ECOLO 5.1%,    AGALEV 4.9%, FDF 2.6%, ROSSEM 3.2%, FN 1.5%; seats - (212 total; in    1995 elections, seats will decrease to 150) CVP 39, PS 35, SP 28, VLD    26, PRL 20, PSC 18, VB 12, VU 10, ECOLO 10, AGALEV 7, FDF 3, ROSSEM 3,    FN 1       Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice (Flemish - Hof van Cassatie,    French - Cour de Cassation)       Political parties and leaders: Flemish Christian Democrats (CVP -    Christian People's Party), Johan van HECKE, president; Francophone    Christian Democrats (PSC - Social Christian Party), Gerard DEPREZ,    president; Flemish Socialist Party (SP), Louis TOBBACK, president;    Francophone Socialist Party (PS), Philippe BUSQUIN, president; Flemish    Liberal Democrats (VLD), Guy VERHOFSTADT, president; Francophone    Liberal Reform Party (PRL), Jean GOL, president; Francophone    Democratic Front (FDF), Georges CLERFAYT, president; Volksunie (VU),    Bert ANCIAUX, president; Vlaams Blok (VB), Karel DILLEN, chairman;    ROSSEM, Jean Pierre VAN ROSSEM; National Front (FN), Daniel FERET,    president; AGALEV (Flemish Greens), no president; ECOLO (Francophone    Ecologists), no president; other minor parties       Other political or pressure groups: Christian and Socialist Trade    Unions; Federation of Belgian Industries; numerous other associations    representing bankers, manufacturers, middle-class artisans, and the    legal and medical professions; various organizations represent the    cultural interests of Flanders and Wallonia; various peace groups such    as the Flemish Action Committee Against Nuclear Weapons and Pax    Christi       Member of: ACCT, AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, Australia Group, Benelux,    BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, EBRD, EC, ECE, EIB, ESA, FAO, G- 9, G-10, GATT,    IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,    ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU,    MINURSO, MTCR, NACC, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OSCE, PCA,    UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMOGIP, UNPROFOR, UNRWA,    UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WEU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC       Diplomatic representation in US:    chief of mission: Ambassador Andre ADAM (appointed 3 October 1994)    chancery: 3330 Garfield Street NW, Washington, DC 20008    telephone: [1] (202) 333-6900    FAX: [1] (202) 333-3079    consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York       US diplomatic representation:    chief of mission: Ambassador Alan J. BLINKEN    embassy: 27 Boulevard du Regent, B-1000 Brussels    mailing address: APO AE 09724; PSC 82, Box 002, Brussels    telephone: [32] (2) 513 38 30    FAX: [32] (2) 511 27 25       Flag: three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow, and    red; the design was based on the flag of France       Economy       Overview: This small private enterprise economy has capitalized on its    central geographic location, highly developed transport network, and    diversified industrial and commercial base. Industry is concentrated    mainly in the populous Flemish area in the north, although the    government is encouraging reinvestment in the southern region of    Walloon. With few natural resources Belgium must import substantial    quantities of raw materials and export a large volume of manufactures,    making its economy unusually dependent on the state of world markets.    Three-fourths of its trade is with other EU countries. The economy    grew at a strong 4% pace during the period 1988-90, slowed to 1% in    1991-92, dropped by 1.5% in 1993, and recovered with 2.3% growth in    1994. Belgium's public debt has risen to 140% of GDP, and the    government is trying to control its expenditures to bring the figure    more into line with other industrialized countries.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $181.5 billion (1994    est.)       National product real growth rate: 2.3% (1994 est.)       National product per capita: $18,040 (1994 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% (1994)       Unemployment rate: 14.1% (December 1994)       Budget:    revenues: $97.8 billion    expenditures: $109.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA    (1989)       Exports: $117 billion (f.o.b., 1992) Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union       commodities: iron and steel, transportation equipment, tractors,    diamonds, petroleum products    partners: EC 75.5%, US 3.7%, former Communist countries 1.4% (1991)       Imports: $120 billion (c.i.f., 1992) Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union       commodities: fuels, grains, chemicals, foodstuffs    partners: EC 73%, US 4.8%, oil-exporting less developed countries 4%,    former Communist countries 1.8% (1991)       External debt: $31.3 billion (1992 est.)       Industrial production: growth rate -0.1% (1993 est.); accounts for 25%    of GDP       Electricity:    capacity: 14,040,000 kW    production: 66 billion kWh    consumption per capita: 6,334 kWh (1993)       Industries: engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly,    processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles,    glass, petroleum, coal       Agriculture: accounts for 2.0% of GDP; emphasis on livestock    production - beef, veal, pork, milk; major crops are sugar beets,    fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; net importer of farm    products       Illicit drugs: source of precursor chemicals for South American    cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine entering the    European market       Economic aid:    donor: ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $5.8 billion       Currency: 1 Belgian franc (BF) = 100 centimes       Exchange rates: Belgian francs (BF) per US$1 - 31.549 (January 1995),    33.456 (1994), 34.597 (1993), 32.150 (1992), 34.148 (1991), 33.418    (1990)       Fiscal year: calendar year       Belgium:Transportation       Railroads:    total: 3,410 km (2,362 km electrified; 2,563 km double track)    standard gauge: 3,410 km 1.435-m gauge (1994)       Highways:    total: 137,912 km    paved: 129,639 km (including 1,667 km of limited access divided    highway)    unpaved: 8,273 km (1992)       Inland waterways: 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use)       Pipelines: crude oil 161 km; petroleum products 1,167 km; natural gas    3,300 km       Ports: Antwerp, Brugge, Gent, Hasselt, Liege, Mons, Namur, Oostende,    Zeebrugge       Merchant marine:    total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 42,055 GRT/56,842 DWT    ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 9, chemical tanker 6, liquefied gas 2,    oil tanker 5       Airports:    total: 43    with paved runways over 3,047 m: 6    with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9    with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2    with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1    with paved runways under 914 m: 22    with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3       Belgium:Communications       Telephone system: 4,720,000 telephones; highly developed,    technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and    international telephone and telegraph facilities    local: NA    intercity: extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay    network; nationwide mobile phone system    international: 5 submarine cables; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth    stations and 1 EUTELSAT earth station       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 39, shortwave 0    radios: NA       Television:    broadcast stations: 32    televisions: NA       Belgium:Defense Forces       Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie       Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,559,077; males fit for    military service 2,126,875; males reach military age (19) annually    61,488 (1995 est.)       Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $3.9 billion, 1.8% of    GDP (1994)