ball-shaped
         adj 1: having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical
                  object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular
                  houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey [syn: {ball-
                  shaped}, {global}, {globose}, {globular}, {orbicular},
                  {spheric}, {spherical}]

English Dictionary: block off	by the DICT Development Group
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balls-up n something badly botched or muddled [syn: ballup, {balls- up}, cockup, mess-up]
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Beelzebub n (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell Synonym(s): Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness
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bel esprit n a witty or clever person with a fine mind
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bell captain n the supervisor of bellboys in a hotel
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bell gable n an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote
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bell shape n the shape of a bell Synonym(s): bell, bell shape, campana
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bell-shaped adj having a convex shape that resembles a bell
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bell-shaped curve n a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution Synonym(s): normal curve, bell-shaped curve, Gaussian curve, Gaussian shape
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Bellis perennis n low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers Synonym(s): common daisy, English daisy, Bellis perennis
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bellows fish n small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth Synonym(s): snipefish, bellows fish
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bells of Ireland n aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx Synonym(s): molucca balm, bells of Ireland, Molucella laevis
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bilge pump n a pump to remove bilgewater
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Black Africa n the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert Synonym(s): Sub-Saharan Africa, Black Africa
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Black African n an African who is Black
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black apricot n small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit Synonym(s): purple apricot, black apricot, Prunus dasycarpa
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black bamboo n small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black Synonym(s): black bamboo, kuri-chiku, Phyllostachys nigra
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black bass n bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States Synonym(s): black sea bass, black bass, Centropistes striata widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)
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black bead n erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida Synonym(s): cat's-claw, catclaw, black bead, Pithecellodium unguis-cati
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black bean n black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried [syn: black bean, turtle bean]
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black bear n bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia Synonym(s): Asiatic black bear, black bear, Ursus thibetanus, Selenarctos thibetanus brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear Synonym(s): American black bear, black bear, Ursus americanus, Euarctos americanus
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black bearberry n deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar Synonym(s): alpine bearberry, black bearberry, Arctostaphylos alpina
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black bee n dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin Synonym(s): black bee, German bee
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black beech n New Zealand forest tree [syn: black beech, {Nothofagus solanderi}]
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black belt n a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate) a black sash worn to show expert standards in the martial arts (judo or karate)
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black bile n a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy Synonym(s): black bile, melancholy
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black bindweed n common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries Synonym(s): black bryony, black bindweed, Tamus communis
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black birch n common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture Synonym(s): sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch, Betula lenta birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark Synonym(s): black birch, river birch, red birch, Betula nigra
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black body n a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it; "a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium" Synonym(s): black body, blackbody, full radiator
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black book n a list of people who are out of favor [syn: blacklist, black book, shitlist]
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black box n equipment that records information about the performance of an aircraft during flight
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black bread n bread made of coarse rye flour [syn: black bread, pumpernickel]
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black bream n important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia Synonym(s): black bream, Chrysophrys australis
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black bryony n common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries Synonym(s): black bryony, black bindweed, Tamus communis
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black buck n common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns Synonym(s): blackbuck, black buck, Antilope cervicapra
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black buffalo n fish of the lower Mississippi [syn: black buffalo, Ictiobus niger]
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black cypress pine n Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin Synonym(s): black cypress pine, red cypress pine, Callitris endlicheri, Callitris calcarata
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black felt cup n a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae
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black flag n a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship Synonym(s): black flag, pirate flag, Jolly Roger, blackjack
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black fly n small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals Synonym(s): blackfly, black fly, buffalo gnat
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Black Forest n a hilly forest region in southwestern Germany [syn: {Black Forest}, Schwarzwald]
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black fox n red fox in the color phase when its pelt is mostly black
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Black Friar n a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order Synonym(s): Dominican, Black Friar, Blackfriar, friar preacher
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black fritillary n herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell- shaped flowers mottled with green Synonym(s): mission bells, black fritillary, Fritillaria biflora
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black opal n a dark colored opal with internal reflections of green or red
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black operation n a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out
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Black Panther n a member of the Black Panthers political party
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Black Panthers n a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end political dominance by Whites
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black pea n perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying Synonym(s): black pea, Lathyrus niger
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black pepper n climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam Synonym(s): pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on
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Black person 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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black pine n conifer of Australia and New Zealand [syn: matai, {black pine}, Prumnopitys taxifolia, Podocarpus spicata] New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry Synonym(s): miro, black pine, Prumnopitys ferruginea, Podocarpus ferruginea large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog Synonym(s): Japanese black pine, black pine, Pinus thunbergii tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine Synonym(s): Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, black pine, Pinus jeffreyi large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe Synonym(s): black pine, Pinus nigra
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Black Plague n the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe Synonym(s): Black Death, Black Plague
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black poplar n large European poplar [syn: black poplar, {Populus nigra}]
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Black Prince n son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376) Synonym(s): Edward, Black Prince
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black pudding n a black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients Synonym(s): blood sausage, blood pudding, black pudding
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black sea bass n bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States Synonym(s): black sea bass, black bass, Centropistes striata
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Black September n a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries; "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group" Synonym(s): Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fatah-RC, Abu Nidal Organization, ANO, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims
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Black September Movement n a former Palestinian terrorist organization (now merged with Fatah Revolutionary Council) that assassinated the Prime Minister of Jordan and during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes
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black sheep n a reckless and unprincipled reprobate [syn: scapegrace, black sheep] sheep with a black coat
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black spleenwort n spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent Synonym(s): black spleenwort, Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
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black spot n any of several fungous diseases of plants that produce small black spots on the plant
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black spruce n small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood Synonym(s): black spruce, Picea mariana, spruce pine
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Black 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 Vernacular 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 vomit n caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito [syn: yellow jack, yellow fever, black vomit]
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black vulture n American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard [syn: black vulture, carrion crow, Coragyps atratus] of southern Eurasia and northern Africa Synonym(s): black vulture, Aegypius monachus
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black weevil n brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice Synonym(s): rice weevil, black weevil, Sitophylus oryzae
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black-backed gull n white gull having a black back and wings [syn: {black- backed gull}, great black-backed gull, cob, Larus marinus]
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black-barred adj having a pattern consisting of black bars
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black-billed cuckoo n North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young Synonym(s): black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus
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black-body radiation n the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation law Synonym(s): black-body radiation, blackbody radiation
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black-capped chickadee n chickadee having a dark crown [syn: {black-capped chickadee}, blackcap, Parus atricapillus]
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black-footed albatross n a variety of albatross with black feet [syn: {black-footed albatross}, gooney, gooney bird, goonie, goony, Diomedea nigripes]
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black-footed ferret n musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct Synonym(s): black-footed ferret, ferret, Mustela nigripes
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black-fronted bush shrike n a kind of bush shrike [syn: black-fronted bush shrike, Chlorophoneus nigrifrons]
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blackback flounder n important American food fish in the winter [syn: {winter flounder}, blackback flounder, lemon sole, Pseudopleuronectes americanus]
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blackball n the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto Synonym(s): barring, blackball v expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball] vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" Synonym(s): veto, blackball, negative
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Blackbeard n an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) Synonym(s): Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard
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blackbeetle n dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution Synonym(s): oriental cockroach, oriental roach, Asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, Blatta orientalis
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blackberry n large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle Synonym(s): blackberry, blackberry bush v pick or gather blackberries; "The children went blackberrying"
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blackberry bush n bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle Synonym(s): blackberry, blackberry bush
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blackberry-lily n garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry Synonym(s): blackberry-lily, leopard lily, Belamcanda chinensis
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blackbird n any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black Synonym(s): New World blackbird, blackbird common black European thrush Synonym(s): blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula
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blackboard n sheet of slate; for writing with chalk [syn: blackboard, chalkboard]
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blackboard eraser n an eraser that removes chalk marks from blackboard
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blackbody n a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it; "a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium" Synonym(s): black body, blackbody, full radiator
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blackbody radiation n the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation law Synonym(s): black-body radiation, blackbody radiation
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blackbuck n common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns Synonym(s): blackbuck, black buck, Antilope cervicapra
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Blackburn n black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat Synonym(s): Blackburn, Blackburnian warbler, Dendroica fusca
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Blackburnian warbler n black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat Synonym(s): Blackburn, Blackburnian warbler, Dendroica fusca
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blackcap n raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit Synonym(s): black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry, Rubus occidentalis small black-headed European gull Synonym(s): laughing gull, blackcap, pewit, pewit gull, Larus ridibundus chickadee having a dark crown Synonym(s): black-capped chickadee, blackcap, Parus atricapillus small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown Synonym(s): blackcap, Silvia atricapilla
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blackcap raspberry n raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit Synonym(s): black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry, Rubus occidentalis
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blackface n the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro
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blackfish n large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America Synonym(s): tautog, blackfish, Tautoga onitis female salmon that has recently spawned small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school Synonym(s): pilot whale, black whale, common blackfish, blackfish, Globicephala melaena
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blackfly n blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets Synonym(s): blackfly, bean aphid, Aphis fabae small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals Synonym(s): blackfly, black fly, buffalo gnat
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Blackfoot n a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot
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blackfoot daisy n bushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays; found in desert areas of Arizona east to Kansas and south to Mexico Synonym(s): blackfoot daisy, Melampodium leucanthum
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Blackfriar n a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order Synonym(s): Dominican, Black Friar, Blackfriar, friar preacher
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blackpoll n North American warbler having a black-and-white head [syn: blackpoll, Dendroica striate]
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Blackpool n a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower
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Blacksburg n a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains
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Blaise Pascal n French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662) Synonym(s): Pascal, Blaise Pascal
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blaspheme v utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" Synonym(s): curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate speak of in an irreverent or impious manner; "blaspheme God"
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blasphemer n a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things
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blasphemous adj grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" Synonym(s): blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" Synonym(s): blasphemous, blue, profane
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blasphemously adv in a blasphemous manner; "the sailors were cursing blasphemously"
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blasphemy n blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath" Synonym(s): profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilege
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blaxploitation n the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies)
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blaze up v burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity" Synonym(s): flare, flame up, blaze up, burn up
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blissful adj completely happy and contented; "blissful young lovers"; "in blissful ignorance"
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blissfully adv in a blissful manner; "he was blissfully unaware of the danger"
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blissfulness n a state of extreme happiness [syn: bliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air]
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block capital n a plain hand-drawn letter [syn: block letter, {block capital}]
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block of metal n metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling Synonym(s): ingot, metal bar, block of metal
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block off v obstruct access to Synonym(s): blockade, block off render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" Synonym(s): barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve" Synonym(s): shut off, block off, close off
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block plane n a small plane used on end grains of wood
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block up v render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" Synonym(s): barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
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block vote n a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents
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blockbuster n a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block) an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) Synonym(s): blockbuster, megahit, smash hit
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blowjob n slang for fellatio Synonym(s): cock sucking, blowjob
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blue chip n a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield; "blue chips are usually safe investments" Synonym(s): blue chip, blue-chip stock a blue poker chip with the highest value
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blue copperas n hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate [syn: blue vitriol, blue copperas, blue stone, chalcanthite]
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blue-chip adj extremely valuable; "Rembrandt is considered a blue-chip artist"
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blue-chip stock n a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield; "blue chips are usually safe investments" Synonym(s): blue chip, blue-chip stock
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bluish black adj of black tinged with blue [syn: blue-black, {bluish black}]
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bluish-purple adj of purple tinged with blue [syn: blue-purple, {bluish- purple}]
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bluish-violet adj of violet tinted with blue [syn: blue-violet, {bluish- violet}]
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blushful 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 of blush color; "blushful mists" Synonym(s): blushful, rosy
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bollix up v make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" Synonym(s): botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
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bollocks up v make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" Synonym(s): botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
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Bolshevik adj of or relating to Bolshevism; "Bolshevik Revolution" Synonym(s): Bolshevik, Bolshevist, Bolshevistic n emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries Synonym(s): Bolshevik, Marxist, red, bolshie, bolshy a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party Synonym(s): Bolshevik, Bolshevist
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bolshevise v make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles; "communize the government" Synonym(s): communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
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Bolshevism n Soviet communism [syn: Bolshevism, collectivism, sovietism]
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Bolshevist adj of or relating to Bolshevism; "Bolshevik Revolution" Synonym(s): Bolshevik, Bolshevist, Bolshevistic n a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party Synonym(s): Bolshevik, Bolshevist
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Bolshevistic adj of or relating to Bolshevism; "Bolshevik Revolution" Synonym(s): Bolshevik, Bolshevist, Bolshevistic
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bolshevize v make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles; "communize the government" Synonym(s): communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
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bowl-shaped adj having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl
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bullock block n a pulley-block at the head of a topmast [syn: bollock, bullock block]
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Baily's beads \Bai"ly's beads\ (Astron.)       A row of bright spots observed in connection with total       eclipses of the sun. Just before and after a total eclipse,       the slender, unobscured crescent of the sun's disk appears       momentarily like a row of bright spots resembling a string of       beads. The phenomenon (first fully described by Francis       Baily, 1774 -- 1844) is thought to be an effect of       irradiation, and of inequalities of the moon's edge.
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Flobert \Flo"bert\, n. (Gun.)       A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes       called {ball cap}.          {Flobert rifle}, a rifle adapted to the use of floberts.
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Beelzebub \Be*el"ze*bub\, n.       The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the       sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil.       See {Baal}.
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Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.]       1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a             cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,             and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.          Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best                have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and                tin.          {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State             House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared             the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had             been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim             liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants             thereof.[b8]          2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose             ball which causes it to sound when moved.          3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a             flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak.          4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included             between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the             naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist             within the leafage of a capital.          5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;             or the time so designated.          Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck                eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after                it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once,                and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes                is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,                which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.          {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the             prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.             --Fuller.          {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion             to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a             team or drove, when wearing a bell.          {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of             excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the             bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose             being used, and three candles being extinguished with             certain ceremonies. --Nares.          {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single             fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax.          {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.          Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,                bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;                bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are                self-explaining.          {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the             curve of an ogee.          {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame             constructed to carry one or more large bells.          {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,             frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and             used to contain and support one or more bells.          {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a             roof to the rooms below.          {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast             bells.          {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are             founded or cast.          {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,             pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain             bells.          {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}.          {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells.          {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell             or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.             --Aytoun.          {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell             when used.          {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose             business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of             musical bells for public entertainment.          {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general             lines of a bell.          {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.                      {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent.          {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
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Gable \Ga"ble\, n. [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum       front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf.       OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla       pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. [?] head, and E. cephalic, or to       G. gabel fork, AS. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind of       gallows.] (Arch.)       (a) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building,             from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of             the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in             shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence:       (b) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the             front or rear side.       (c) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular             gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.          {Bell gable}. See under {Bell}.          {Gable roof}, a double sloping roof which forms a gable at             each end.          {Gable wall}. Same as {Gable}       (b) .          {Gable window}, a window in a gable.
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Marguerite \Mar"gue*rite\, n. [F., a pearl, a daisy. See       {Margarite}.] (Bot.)       The daisy ({Bellis perennis}). The name is often applied also       to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster. --Longfellow.
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Bellows fish \Bel"lows fish`\ (Zo[94]l.)       A European fish ({Centriscus scolopax}), distinguished by a       long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called       also {trumpet fish}, and {snipe fish}.
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Bell's palsy \Bell's palsy\       Paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one       side of the face.
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Palsy \Pal"sy\, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF.       paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.]       (Med.)       Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. [bd]One sick       of the palsy.[b8] --Mark ii. 3.          {Bell's palsy}, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing             distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir             Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it.          {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}.          {Shaking palsy}, paralysis agitans, a disease usually             occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors             and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait.
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Bell-shaped \Bell"-shaped`\ (-sh[amac]pt`), a.       Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.
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Belooche Beloochee \Bel*oo"che Bel*oo"chee\, a.       Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants. --       n. A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.
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Bilge \Bilge\, n. [A different orthography of bulge, of same       origin as belly. Cf. {Belly}, {Bulge}.]       1. The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the             middle.          2. (Naut.) That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is             broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest             if aground.          3. Bilge water.          {Bilge free} (Naut.), stowed in such a way that the bilge is             clear of everything; -- said of a cask.          {Bilge pump}, a pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of             a ship.          {Bilge water} (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or             bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to             remain till it becomes very offensive.          {Bilge ways}, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship             upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in             launching the vessel.
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Bilge \Bilge\, n. [A different orthography of bulge, of same       origin as belly. Cf. {Belly}, {Bulge}.]       1. The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the             middle.          2. (Naut.) That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is             broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest             if aground.          3. Bilge water.          {Bilge free} (Naut.), stowed in such a way that the bilge is             clear of everything; -- said of a cask.          {Bilge pump}, a pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of             a ship.          {Bilge water} (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or             bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to             remain till it becomes very offensive.          {Bilge ways}, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship             upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in             launching the vessel.
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Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille),       for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter,       edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG.       bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a       paper.]       1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong             the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a             fault committed by some person against a law.          2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain             sum at a future day or on demand, with or without             interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]          Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a                note of hand, or a promissory note.          3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for             enactment; a proposed or projected law.          4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away,             to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale             of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.                         She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens.          5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,             with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's             claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.          6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a             bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of             mortality; a bill of fare, etc.          {Bill of adventure}. See under {Adventure}.          {Bill of costs}, a statement of the items which form the             total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.                      {Bill of credit}.             (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper                   issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the                   State, and designed to circulate as money. No State                   shall [bd]emit bills of credit.[b8] --U. S. Const.                   --Peters. --Wharton. --Bouvier             (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other                   person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to                   the bearer for goods or money.          {Bill of divorce}, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the             husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was             dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8.          {Bill of entry}, a written account of goods entered at the             customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.                      {Bill of exceptions}. See under {Exception}.          {Bill of exchange} (Com.), a written order or request from             one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay             to some person designated a certain sum of money therein             generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable             to order or to bearer. So also the order generally             expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is             drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called             the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before             acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the             acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be             paid is called the payee. The person making the order may             himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called             a draft. See {Exchange}. --Chitty.          {Bill of fare}, a written or printed enumeration of the             dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with             prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.                      {Bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authorities             as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time             of her leaving port.          {Bill of indictment}, a written accusation lawfully presented             to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence             sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it             [bd]A true bill,[b8] otherwise they write upon it [bd]Not             a true bill,[b8] or [bd]Not found,[b8] or             [bd]Ignoramus[b8], or [bd]Ignored.[b8]          {Bill of lading}, a written account of goods shipped by any             person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or             by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and             promising to deliver them safe at the place directed,             dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to             sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which             he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and             one is sent to the consignee of the goods.          {Bill of mortality}, an official statement of the number of             deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a             district required to be covered by such statement; as, a             place within the bills of mortality of London.          {Bill of pains and penalties}, a special act of a legislature             which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons             supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any             conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.             --Bouvier. --Wharton.          {Bill of parcels}, an account given by the seller to the             buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of             each.          {Bill of particulars} (Law), a detailed statement of the             items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the             defendant's set-off.          {Bill of rights}, a summary of rights and privileges claimed             by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the             Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of             Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they             became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration             of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the             several States.          {Bill of sale}, a formal instrument for the conveyance or             transfer of goods and chattels.          {Bill of sight}, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which             goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of             full information, may be provisionally landed for             examination.          {Bill of store}, a license granted at the customhouse to             merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are             necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton.          {Bills payable} (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or             acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.          {Bills receivable} (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or             acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath.          {A true bill}, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand             jury.
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Black bass \Black" bass`\ (Zo[94]l.)       1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the             genus {Micropterus}. the small-mouthed kind is {M.             dolomie[c6]}; the large-mouthed is {M. salmoides}.          2. The sea bass. See {Blackfish}, 3.
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Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick       fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh.       F. chabot chub.] (Zo[94]l.)       A species to fresh-water fish of the {Cyprinid[91]} or Carp       family. The common European species is {Leuciscus cephalus};       the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes       of the same family, of the genera {Semotilus}, {Squalius},       {Ceratichthys}, etc., and locally to several very different       fishes, as the {tautog}, {black bass}, etc.          {Chub mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), a species of mackerel ({Scomber             colias}) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic             coast, but absent in others; -- called also {bull             mackerel}, {thimble-eye}, and {big-eye mackerel}.          {Chub sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish of the United             States ({Erimyzon sucetta}); -- called also {creekfish}.
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Black bass \Black" bass`\ (Zo[94]l.)       1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the             genus {Micropterus}. the small-mouthed kind is {M.             dolomie[c6]}; the large-mouthed is {M. salmoides}.          2. The sea bass. See {Blackfish}, 3.
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Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick       fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh.       F. chabot chub.] (Zo[94]l.)       A species to fresh-water fish of the {Cyprinid[91]} or Carp       family. The common European species is {Leuciscus cephalus};       the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes       of the same family, of the genera {Semotilus}, {Squalius},       {Ceratichthys}, etc., and locally to several very different       fishes, as the {tautog}, {black bass}, etc.          {Chub mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), a species of mackerel ({Scomber             colias}) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic             coast, but absent in others; -- called also {bull             mackerel}, {thimble-eye}, and {big-eye mackerel}.          {Chub sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish of the United             States ({Erimyzon sucetta}); -- called also {creekfish}.
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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]:
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]:
Beetle \Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr.       b[imac]tan to bite. See {Bite}, v. t.]       Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the       outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when       they are folded up. See {Coleoptera}.          {Beetle mite} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of mites, of             the family {Oribatid[91]}, parasitic on beetles.          {Black beetle}, the common large black cockroach ({Blatta             orientalis}).
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]:
Cockroach \Cock"roach\, n. [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zo[94]l.)       An orthopterous insect of the genus {Blatta}, and allied       genera.          Note: The species are numerous, especially in hot countries.                Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and                North America are {Blatta orientalis}, a large species                often called {black beetle}, and the Croton bug                ({Ectobia Germanica}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beetle \Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr.       b[imac]tan to bite. See {Bite}, v. t.]       Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the       outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when       they are folded up. See {Coleoptera}.          {Beetle mite} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of mites, of             the family {Oribatid[91]}, parasitic on beetles.          {Black beetle}, the common large black cockroach ({Blatta             orientalis}).
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]:
Cockroach \Cock"roach\, n. [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zo[94]l.)       An orthopterous insect of the genus {Blatta}, and allied       genera.          Note: The species are numerous, especially in hot countries.                Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and                North America are {Blatta orientalis}, a large species                often called {black beetle}, and the Croton bug                ({Ectobia Germanica}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bindweed \Bind"weed`\, n. (Bot.)       A plant of the genus {Convolvulus}; as, greater bindweed ({C.       Sepium}); lesser bindweed ({C. arvensis}); the white, the       blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or {Tamus}, is       called {black bindweed}, and the {Smilax aspera}, {rough       bindweed}.                   The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings.                                                                               --Tennyson.
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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Bonnet \Bon"net\ (b[ocr]n"n[ecr]t), n. [OE. bonet, OF. bonet,       bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of       a stuff, and of unknown origin.]       1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] --Milton.             --Shak.          2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless             woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.                         And p[?]i[?]s and bonnets waving high. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting             more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part             of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at             different times; formerly the front part projected, and             spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.          4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as,             (a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a                   part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part                   from enfilade fire.             (b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as                   a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught                   of a chimney, etc.             (c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to                   prevent escape of sparks.             (d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its                   occupants from objects falling down the shaft.             (e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the                   valve chambers.          5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of             a jib or foresail in moderate winds. --Hakluyt.          6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.          7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices             others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]          {Bonnet head} (Zo[94]l.), a shark ({Sphyrna tiburio}) of the             southern United States and West Indies.          {Bonnet limpet} (Zo[94]l.), a name given, from their shape,             to various species of shells (family {Calyptr[91]id[91]}).                      {Bonnet monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian monkey ({Macacus             sinicus}), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.          {Bonnet piece}, a gold coin of the time of James V. of             Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. --Sir             W. Scott.          {To have a bee in the bonnet}. See under {Bee}.          {Black bonnet}. See under {Black}.          {Blue bonnet}. See in the Vocabulary.
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Black book \Black" book`\ (b[oocr]k`).       1. One of several books of a political character, published             at different times and for different purposes; -- so             called either from the color of the binding, or from the             character of the contents.
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Bryony \Bry"o*ny\ (br[imac]"[osl]*n[ycr]), n. [L. bryonia, Gr.       brywni`a, fr. bry`ein to swell, esp. of plants.] (Bot.)       The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus       {Bryonia}. The root of {B. alba} (rough or {white bryony})       and of {B. dioica} is a strong, irritating cathartic.          {Black bryony}, a plant ({Tamus communis}) so named from its             dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.
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{Laughing goose} (Zo[94]l.), the European white-fronted             goose.          {Laughing gull}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A common European gull ({Xema ridibundus}); -- called             also {pewit}, {black cap}, {red-legged gull}, and {sea             crow}.       (b) An American gull ({Larus atricilla}). In summer the head             is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer             primaries black.          {Laughing hyena} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena. See {Hyena}.                      {Laughing jackass} (Zo[94]l.), the great brown kingfisher             ({Dacelo gigas}), of Australia; -- called also {giant             kingfisher}, and {gogobera}.          {Laughing owl} (Zo[94]l.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux             albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of             extinction. The name alludes to its notes.
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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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Wagtail \Wag"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging       to {Motacilla} and several allied genera of the family       {Motacillid[91]}. They have the habit of constantly jerking       their long tails up and down, whence the name.          {Field wagtail}, any one of several species of wagtails of             the genus {Budytes} having the tail shorter, the legs             longer, and the hind claw longer and straighter, than do             the water wagtails. Most of the species are yellow             beneath. Called also {yellow wagtail}.          {Garden wagtail}, the Indian black-breasted wagtail             ({Nemoricola Indica}).          {Pied wagtail}, the common European water wagtail ({Motacilla             lugubris}). It is variegated with black and white. The             name is applied also to other allied species having             similar colors. Called also {pied dishwasher}.          {Wagtail flycatcher}, a true flycatcher ({Sauloprocta             motacilloides}) common in Southern Australia, where it is             very tame, and frequents stock yards and gardens and often             builds its nest about houses; -- called also {black             fantail}.          {Water wagtail}.       (a) Any one of several species of wagtails of the restricted             genus {Motacilla}. They live chiefly on the shores of             ponds and streams.       (b) The American water thrush. See {Water thrush}.          {Wood wagtail}, an Asiatic wagtail; ({Calobates sulphurea})             having a slender bill and short legs.
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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Flag \Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D.       vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.]       1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.          2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to             indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask             information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved             by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors;             as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.          3. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of                   certain hawks, owls, etc.             (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.             (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.          {Black flag}. See under {Black}.          {Flag captain}, {Flag leutenant}, etc., special officers             attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.          {Flag officer}, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an             admiral, or commodore.          {Flag of truse}, a white flag carried or displayed to an             enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose             of making some communication not hostile.          {Flag share}, the flag officer's share of prize money.          {Flag station} (Railroad), a station at which trains do not             stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or             waved.          {National flag}, a flag of a particular country, on which             some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.          {Red flag}, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of             danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.          {To dip, the flag}, to mlower it and quickly restore it to             its place; -- done as a mark of respect.          {To hang out the white flag}, to ask truce or quarter, or, in             some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a             white flag.          {To hang the flag} {half-mast high [or] half-staff}, to raise             it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign             of mourning.          {To} {strike, [or] lower}, {the flag}, to haul it down, in             token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of             surrender.          {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag of all nations; also             carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious             disease is on board.
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Black Flags \Black Flags\       An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that       had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping       rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and       adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French       during their hostilities with Anam, 1873-85.
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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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Flea \Flea\, n. [OE. fle, flee, AS. fle[a0], fle[a0]h; akin to       D. [?], OHG. fl[?]h, G. floh, Icel. fl[?], Russ. blocha;       prob. from the root of E. flee. [?] 84. See {Flee}.]       (Zo[94]l.)       An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order       Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power       of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most       persons. The human flea ({Pulex irritans}), abundant in       Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea ({P. canis})       takes its place. See {Aphaniptera}, and {Dog flea}. See       Illustration in Appendix.          {A flea in the ear}, an unwelcome hint or unexpected reply,             annoying like a flea; an irritating repulse; as, to put a             flea in one's ear; to go away with a flea in one's ear.          {Beach flea}, {Black flea}, etc. See under {Beach}, 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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Flux \Flux\ (fl[ucr]ks), n. [L. fluxus, fr. fluere, fluxum, to       flow: cf.F. flux. See {Fluent}, and cf. 1st & 2d {Floss},       {Flush}, n., 6.]       1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by,             as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.                         By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part                      of them is thrown out of the body.      --Arbuthnot.                         Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that                      same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her                      now forevermore.                                 --Trench.                         Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.                                                                               --Felton.          2. The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb             being called the {reflux}.          3. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.          4. (Chem. & Metal.) Any substance or mixture used to promote             the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax,             lime, fluorite.          Note: {White flux} is the residuum of the combustion of a                mixture of equal parts of niter and tartar. It consists                chiefly of the carbonate of potassium, and is white. --                {Black flux} is the ressiduum of the combustion of one                part of niter and two of tartar, and consists                essentially of a mixture of potassium carbonate and                charcoal.          5. (Med.)             (a) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part;                   especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the                   bloody flux or dysentery. See {Bloody flux}.             (b) The matter thus discharged.          6. (Physics) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area             of a given surface in a unit of time.
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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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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]                         A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.                                                                               Jonson.          4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.          5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for             hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]          6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,             the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end.          7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the             wind blows.          8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are             marked; the compass card. --Totten.          9. (Mech.)             (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a                   fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of                   machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the                   striking part of a clock.             (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends                   on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the                   motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the                   power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,                   is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining                   press. See {Fly wheel} (below).          10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which             holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is             penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.          11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a             spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.          12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or             jerk. --Knight.          13.             (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from                   the press.             (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power                   to a power printing press for doing the same work.          14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn             over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof             of the tent at no other place.          15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.          16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,             overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.          17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable             distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a             ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.          {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under             {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom             ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in             sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block}             (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the             working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used             in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing             Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by             the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for             anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings,             formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a             reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the             driving power being applied by the hand through a cord             winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it             rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the             act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial             flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing             flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the             speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes             revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant             of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem             and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L.             Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an             artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the             beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --       {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.          {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects.          {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger             nut.          {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose             flowers resemble flies.          {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that             feed upon or are entangled by it.          {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.          {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,             operated by hand and having a heavy fly.          {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged             leaf of a table.          {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.          {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.          {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla             nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male             is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.          {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to             equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by             its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to             accumulate or give out energy for a variable or             intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9.          {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a             batted ball caught before touching the ground.
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d8Phainopepla \[d8]Pha*i`no*pep"la\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]       shining + [?] robe.] (Zo[94]l.)       A small crested passerine bird ({Pha[8b]nopepla nitens}),       native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult       male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is       brownish. Called also {black flycatcher}.
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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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Silver \Sil"ver\, a.       1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver             leaf; a silver cup.          2. Resembling silver. Specifically:             (a) Bright; resplendent; white. [bd]Silver hair.[b8]                   --Shak.                               Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their                            downy breast.                              --Milton.             (b) Precious; costly.             (c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear.                   [bd]Silver voices.[b8] --Spenser.             (d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. [bd]Silver slumber.[b8]                   --Spenser.          {American silver fir} (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under             {Balsam}.          {Silver age} (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of             the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers             of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of             the previous golden age, so-called.          {Silver-bell tree} (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree             ({Halesia tetraptera}) with white bell-shaped flowers in             clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.          {Silver bush} (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis             Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.                      {Silver chub} (Zo[94]l.), the fallfish.          {Silver eel}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The cutlass fish.             (b) A pale variety of the common eel.          {Silver fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Abies pectinata})             found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of             Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150             feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.                      {Silver foil}, foil made of silver.          {Silver fox} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes             vulpes}, variety {argenteus}) found in the northern parts             of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black,             with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also             {black fox}, and {silver-gray fox}.          {Silver gar}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Billfish}             (a) .          {Silver grain} (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular             tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an             exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak             they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,             pine, cherry, etc.          {Silver grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the red-throated diver. See             Illust. under {Diver}.          {Silver hake} (Zo[94]l.), the American whiting.          {Silver leaf}, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very             thin.          {Silver lunge} (Zo[94]l.), the namaycush.          {Silver moonfish}.(Zo[94]l.) See {Moonfish}             (b) .          {Silver moth} (Zo[94]l.), a lepisma.          {Silver owl} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl.          {Silver perch} (Zo[94]l.), the mademoiselle, 2.          {Silver pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of             the genus {Euplocamus}. They have the tail and more or             less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common             species ({E. nychtemerus}) is native of China.          {Silver plate}, domestic utensils made of silver.
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Black friar \Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.)       A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also {predicant}       and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes,       a Benedictine.
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Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)       One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de       Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in       England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States       was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is       always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also       {preaching friars}, {friars preachers}, {black friars} (from       their black cloak), {brothers of St. Mary}, and in France,       {Jacobins}.
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Black Friday \Black Friday\       Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred, as: In       England, December 6, 1745, when the news of the landing of       the Pretender reached London, or May 11, 1866, when a       financial panic commenced. In the United States, September       24, 1869, and September 18, 1873, on which financial panics       began.
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Frost \Frost\, n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr.       fre[a2]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel.,       Dan., & Sw. frost. [fb]18. See {Freeze}, v. i.]       1. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation             of water; congelation of fluids.          2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions             congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or             freezing weather.                         The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Frozen dew; -- called also {hoarfrost} or {white frost}.                         He scattereth the frost like ashes.   --Ps. cxlvii.                                                                               16.          4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of             character. [R.]                         It was of those moments of intense feeling when the                      frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow                      wreath.                                             --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          {Black frost}, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and             cause it to turn black, without the formation of             hoarfrost.          {Frost bearer} (Physics), a philosophical instrument             illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a             cryophous.          {Frost grape} (Bot.), an American grape, with very small,             acid berries.          {Frost lamp}, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand             lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used             especially in lighthouses. --Knight.          {Frost nail}, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's             shoe to keen him from slipping.          {Frost smoke}, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by             congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe             cold.                         The brig and the ice round her are covered by a                      strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of                      arctic winters.                                 --Kane.          {Frost valve}, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe,             hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to             freeze.          {Jack Frost}, a popular personification of frost.
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Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A large marine food fish ({Serranus, [or] Centropristis,             atrarius}) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the             United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and             more or less varied with small white spots and blotches.             Called also, locally, {blue bass}, {black sea bass},             {blackfish}, {bluefish}, and {black perch}.       (b) A California food fish ({Cynoscion nobile}); -- called             also {white sea bass}, and {sea salmon}.
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Perch \Perch\ (p[etil]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE.       perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s       dark-colored, Skr. p[rsdot][cced]ni spotted, speckled, and E.       freckle.] (Zo[94]l.)       1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several             other allied genera of the family {Percid[91]}, as the             common American or yellow perch ({Perca flavescens, [or]             Americana}), and the European perch ({P. fluviatilis}).          2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes             belonging to the {Percid[91]}, {Serranid[91]}, and related             families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.          {Black perch}.             (a) The black bass.             (b) The flasher.             (c) The sea bass.          {Blue perch}, the cunner.          {Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum.          {Red perch}, the rosefish.          {Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish.          {Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of             the perch.          {Silver perch}, the yellowtail.          {Stone}, [or] {Striped}, {perch}, the pope.          {White perch}, the {Roccus, [or] Morone, Americanus}, a small             silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
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Triple-tail \Tri"ple-tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An edible fish ({Lobotes Surinamensis}) found in the warmer       parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and       middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery       gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and       anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail.       It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture       of fancy work. Called also, locally, {black perch},       {grouper}, and {flasher}.
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Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A large marine food fish ({Serranus, [or] Centropristis,             atrarius}) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the             United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and             more or less varied with small white spots and blotches.             Called also, locally, {blue bass}, {black sea bass},             {blackfish}, {bluefish}, and {black perch}.       (b) A California food fish ({Cynoscion nobile}); -- called             also {white sea bass}, and {sea salmon}.
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Perch \Perch\ (p[etil]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE.       perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s       dark-colored, Skr. p[rsdot][cced]ni spotted, speckled, and E.       freckle.] (Zo[94]l.)       1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several             other allied genera of the family {Percid[91]}, as the             common American or yellow perch ({Perca flavescens, [or]             Americana}), and the European perch ({P. fluviatilis}).          2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes             belonging to the {Percid[91]}, {Serranid[91]}, and related             families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.          {Black perch}.             (a) The black bass.             (b) The flasher.             (c) The sea bass.          {Blue perch}, the cunner.          {Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum.          {Red perch}, the rosefish.          {Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish.          {Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of             the perch.          {Silver perch}, the yellowtail.          {Stone}, [or] {Striped}, {perch}, the pope.          {White perch}, the {Roccus, [or] Morone, Americanus}, a small             silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
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Triple-tail \Tri"ple-tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An edible fish ({Lobotes Surinamensis}) found in the warmer       parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and       middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery       gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and       anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail.       It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture       of fancy work. Called also, locally, {black perch},       {grouper}, and {flasher}.
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Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A large marine food fish ({Serranus, [or] Centropristis,             atrarius}) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the             United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and             more or less varied with small white spots and blotches.             Called also, locally, {blue bass}, {black sea bass},             {blackfish}, {bluefish}, and {black perch}.       (b) A California food fish ({Cynoscion nobile}); -- called             also {white sea bass}, and {sea salmon}.
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Perch \Perch\ (p[etil]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE.       perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s       dark-colored, Skr. p[rsdot][cced]ni spotted, speckled, and E.       freckle.] (Zo[94]l.)       1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several             other allied genera of the family {Percid[91]}, as the             common American or yellow perch ({Perca flavescens, [or]             Americana}), and the European perch ({P. fluviatilis}).          2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes             belonging to the {Percid[91]}, {Serranid[91]}, and related             families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.          {Black perch}.             (a) The black bass.             (b) The flasher.             (c) The sea bass.          {Blue perch}, the cunner.          {Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum.          {Red perch}, the rosefish.          {Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish.          {Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of             the perch.          {Silver perch}, the yellowtail.          {Stone}, [or] {Striped}, {perch}, the pope.          {White perch}, the {Roccus, [or] Morone, Americanus}, a small             silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
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Triple-tail \Tri"ple-tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An edible fish ({Lobotes Surinamensis}) found in the warmer       parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and       middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery       gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and       anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail.       It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture       of fancy work. Called also, locally, {black perch},       {grouper}, and {flasher}.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Black pudding \Black" pud"ding\       A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with       meal.                   And fat black puddings, -- proper food, For warriors                that delight in blood.                           --Hudibras.
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Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A large marine food fish ({Serranus, [or] Centropristis,             atrarius}) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the             United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and             more or less varied with small white spots and blotches.             Called also, locally, {blue bass}, {black sea bass},             {blackfish}, {bluefish}, and {black perch}.       (b) A California food fish ({Cynoscion nobile}); -- called             also {white sea bass}, and {sea salmon}.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Black Spanish \Black Spanish\       One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic       fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright       red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as       egg layers.
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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.
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Vomit \Vom"it\, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit;       akin to Gr. [?], Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. {Emetic},       {Vomito}.]       1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the             stomach through the mouth.                         Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.                                                                               --Sandys.          2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.                         He gives your Hollander a vomit.         --Shak.          {Black vomit}. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Vomit nut}, nux vomica.
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Black vomit \Black" vom"it\ (Med.)       A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance       so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow       fever.
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Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.       [?][?][?], [?][?][?], probably from the Persian; cf. OPers.       br[c6]zi, akin to Skr. vr[c6]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf.       {Rye}.] (Bot.)       A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This       plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the       grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.       In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be       overflowed.          {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}.          {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}.          {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania             aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,             much used for food by North American Indians. It is common             in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also             {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc.          {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus             ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.          {Rice bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ricebird}.          {Rice hen} (Zo[94]l.), the Florida gallinule.          {Rice mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse             ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States.          {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from             China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture             of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a             large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng)             into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under             pressure. Called also {pith paper}.          {Rice troupial} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink.          {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small             quantity of rice in water.          {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice             water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from             the bowels, in cholera.          {Rice weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, [or]             Sitophilus, oryz[91]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and             Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also             {black weevil}.
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Black-a-vised \Black"-a-vised`\, a.       Dark-visaged; swart.
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Blackball \Black"ball`\, n.       1. A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one             for taking impressions of engraved work.          2. A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in             voting; -- in this sense usually two words.
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Blackball \Black"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackballed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Blackballing}.]       1. To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot             box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black             balls; to ostracize.                         He was blackballed at two clubs in succession.                                                                               --Thackeray.          2. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
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Blackball \Black"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackballed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Blackballing}.]       1. To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot             box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black             balls; to ostracize.                         He was blackballed at two clubs in succession.                                                                               --Thackeray.          2. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
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Blackball \Black"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackballed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Blackballing}.]       1. To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot             box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black             balls; to ostracize.                         He was blackballed at two clubs in succession.                                                                               --Thackeray.          2. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
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Blackband \Black"band`\, n. (Min.)       An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable       carbonaceous matter; -- valuable as an iron ore.
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Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain       bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from       pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See       {Float}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds             belonging to the family {Charadrid[91]}, and especially             those belonging to the subfamily {Charadrins[91]}. They             are prized as game birds.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,             the true plovers, as the crab plover ({Dromas ardeola});             the American upland, plover ({Bartramia longicauda}); and             other species of sandpipers.          Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied,                [or] blackbreasted, plover} ({Charadrius squatarola})                of America and Europe; -- called also {gray plover},                {bull-head plover}, {Swiss plover}, {sea plover}, and                {oxeye}; the {golden plover} (see under {Golden}); the                {ring [or] ringed plover} ({[92]gialitis hiaticula}).                See {Ringneck}. The {piping plover} ({[92]gialitis                meloda}); {Wilson's plover} ({[92]. Wilsonia}); the                {mountain plover} ({[92]. montana}); and the                {semipalmated plover} ({[92]. semipalmata}), are all                small American species.          {Bastard plover} (Zo[94]l.), the lapwing.          {Long-legged}, [or] {yellow-legged}, {plover}. See {Tattler}.                      {Plover's page}, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]          {Rock plover}, [or] {Stone plover}, the black-bellied plover.             [Prov. Eng.]          {Whistling plover}.             (a) The golden plover.             (b) The black-bellied plover.
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Blackberry \Black"ber*ry\ (bl[acr]k"b[ecr]r*r[ycr]), n. [OE.       blakberye, AS. bl[91]cberie; bl[91]c black + berie berry.]       The fruit of several species of bramble ({Rubus}); also, the       plant itself. {Rubus fruticosus} is the blackberry of       England; {R. villosus} and {R. Canadensis} are the high       blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are       also other kinds.
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Lily \Lil"y\ (l[icr]l"[ycr]), n.; pl. {Lilies} (-[icr]z). [AS.       lilie, L. lilium, Gr. lei`rion. Cf. {Flower-de-luce}.]       1. (Bot.) A plant and flower of the genus {Lilium},             endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of             six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior             three-celled ovary.          Note: There are nearly fifty species, all found in the North                Temperate zone. {Lilium candidum} and {L. longiflorum}                are the common white lilies of gardens; {L.                Philadelphicum} is the wild red lily of the Atlantic                States; {L. Chalcedonicum} is supposed to be the                [bd]lily of the field[b8] in our Lord's parable; {L.                auratum} is the great gold-banded lily of Japan.          2. (Bot.) A name given to handsome flowering plants of             several genera, having some resemblance in color or form             to a true lily, as {Pancratium}, {Crinum}, {Amaryllis},             {Nerine}, etc.          3. That end of a compass needle which should point to the             north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of             a lily or fleur-de-lis.                         But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.                                                                               --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          {African lily} (Bot.), the blue-flowered {Agapanthus             umbellatus}.          {Atamasco lily} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zephyranthes}             ({Z. Atamasco}), having a white and pink funnelform             perianth, with six petal-like divisions resembling those             of a lily. --Gray.          {Blackberry lily} (Bot.), the {Pardanthus Chinensis}, the             black seeds of which form a dense mass like a blackberry.                      {Bourbon lily} (Bot.), {Lilium candidum}. See Illust.          {Butterfly lily}. (Bot.) Same as {Mariposa lily}, in the             Vocabulary.          {Lily beetle} (Zool.), a European beetle ({Crioceris             merdigera}) which feeds upon the white lily.          {Lily daffodil} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Narcissus}, and             its flower.          {Lily encrinite} (Paleon.), a fossil encrinite, esp.             {Encrinus liliiformis}. See {Encrinite}.          {Lily hyacinth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hyacinthus}.          {Lily iron}, a kind of harpoon with a detachable head of             peculiar shape, used in capturing swordfish.
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Blackbird \Black"bird\, n.       1. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian. [Cant]          2. A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called             also {Kanaka}. [Australia]
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Blackbird \Black"bird\ (bl[acr]k"b[etil]rd), n. (Zo[94]l.)       In England, a species of thrush ({Turdus merula}), a singing       bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given       to several birds, as the {Quiscalus versicolor}, or crow       blackbird; the {Agel[91]us ph[d2]niceus}, or red-winged       blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See       {Redwing}.
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Blackbirder \Black"bird*er\, n.       A slave ship; a slaver. [Colloq.] --F. T. Bullen.
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Blackbirding \Black"bird*ing\, n.       1. The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as             slaves.          2. The act or practice of collecting natives of the islands             near Queensland for service on the Queensland sugar             plantations. [Australia]
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Blackboard \Black"board`\ (-b[omac]rd`), n.       A broad board painted black, or any black surface on which       writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can       be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.
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Thunderbird \Thun"der*bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala       gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and       yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also       {white-throated thickhead}, {orange-breasted thrust},       {black-crowned thrush}, {guttural thrush}, and       {black-breasted flycatcher}.
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Black-browed \Black"-browed`\ (bl[acr]k"broud`), a.       Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening;       forbidding. --Shak. Dryden.
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Blackburnian warbler \Black*bur"ni*an war"bler\ [Named from Mrs.       Blackburn, an English lady.] (Zo[94]l.)       A beautiful warbler of the United States ({Dendroica       Blackburni[91]}). The male is strongly marked with orange,       yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an       orange-yellow breast.
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Blackcap \Black"cap`\ (-k[acr]p`), n.       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small European song bird ({Sylvia atricapilla}),                   with a black crown; the mock nightingale.             (b) An American titmouse ({Parus atricapillus}); the                   chickadee.
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Black-faced \Black"-faced`\, a.       Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
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Pigeon \Pi"geon\, n. [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or       chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. {Peep} to       chirp.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the order Columb[91], of which             numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.          Note: The common domestic pigeon, or dove, was derived from                the Old World rock pigeon ({Columba livia}). It has                given rise to numerous very remarkable varieties, such                as the carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The                common wild pigeons of the Eastern United States are                the passenger pigeon, and the Carolina dove. See under                {Passenger}, and {Dove}. See, also, {Fruit pigeon},                {Ground pigeon}, {Queen pigeon}, {Stock pigeon}, under                {Fruit}, {Ground}, etc.          2. An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang]          {Blue pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian passerine bird             ({Graucalus melanops}); -- called also {black-faced crow}.                      {Green pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World pigeons belonging to the family {Treronid[91]}.          {Imperial pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the large Asiatic             fruit pigeons of the genus {Carpophada}.          {Pigeon berry} (Bot.), the purplish black fruit of the             pokeweed; also, the plant itself. See {Pokeweed}.          {Pigeon English} [perhaps a corruption of business English],             an extraordinary and grotesque dialect, employed in the             commercial cities of China, as the medium of communication             between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is             English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindoostanee.             --Johnson's Cyc.
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Blackfeet \Black"feet`\, n. pl. (Ethn.)       A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the       country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan,       but now much reduced in numbers.
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Blackfin \Black"fin`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Bluefin}.
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Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A large marine food fish ({Serranus, [or] Centropristis,             atrarius}) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the             United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and             more or less varied with small white spots and blotches.             Called also, locally, {blue bass}, {black sea bass},             {blackfish}, {bluefish}, and {black perch}.       (b) A California food fish ({Cynoscion nobile}); -- called             also {white sea bass}, and {sea salmon}.
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Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian       name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written       by him tauta[a3]og.] (Zo[94]l.)       An edible labroid fish ({Haitula onitis}, or {Tautoga       onitis}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When       adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred,       with greenish gray. Called also {blackfish}, {oyster fish},       {salt-water chub}, and {moll}. [Written also {tautaug}.]
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Blackfish \Black"fish\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small kind of whale, of the genus             {Globicephalus}, of several species. The most common is             {G. melas}. Also sometimes applied to other whales of             larger size.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The tautog of New England ({Tautoga}).          3. (Zo[94]l.) The black sea bass ({Centropristis atrarius})             of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; --             locally called also {black Harry}.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A fish of southern Europe ({Centrolophus             pompilus}) of the Mackerel family.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The female salmon in the spawning season.          Note: The name is locally applied to other fishes.
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Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A large marine food fish ({Serranus, [or] Centropristis,             atrarius}) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the             United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and             more or less varied with small white spots and blotches.             Called also, locally, {blue bass}, {black sea bass},             {blackfish}, {bluefish}, and {black perch}.       (b) A California food fish ({Cynoscion nobile}); -- called             also {white sea bass}, and {sea salmon}.
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Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian       name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written       by him tauta[a3]og.] (Zo[94]l.)       An edible labroid fish ({Haitula onitis}, or {Tautoga       onitis}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When       adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred,       with greenish gray. Called also {blackfish}, {oyster fish},       {salt-water chub}, and {moll}. [Written also {tautaug}.]
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Blackfish \Black"fish\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small kind of whale, of the genus             {Globicephalus}, of several species. The most common is             {G. melas}. Also sometimes applied to other whales of             larger size.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The tautog of New England ({Tautoga}).          3. (Zo[94]l.) The black sea bass ({Centropristis atrarius})             of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; --             locally called also {black Harry}.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A fish of southern Europe ({Centrolophus             pompilus}) of the Mackerel family.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The female salmon in the spawning season.          Note: The name is locally applied to other fishes.
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Blackfoot \Black"foot`\, a.       Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian. --       n. A Blackfoot Indian.
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Blackpoll \Black"poll`\, n. [Black + poll head.] (Zo[94]l.)       A warbler of the United States ({Dendroica striata}).
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Mykiss \My"kiss\, n. [Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A salmon ({Salmo mykiss}, syn. {S. purpuratus}) marked with       black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers       from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called       also {black-spotted trout}, {cutthroat trout}, and {redthroat       trout}.
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Blaspheme \Blas*pheme"\ (bl[acr]s*f[emac]m"), v. t. [imp. & p.       p. {Blasphemed} (-f[emac]md"); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blaspheming}.] [OE. blasfem[emac]n, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr.       blasfhmei^n: cf. F. blasph[82]mer. See {Blame}, v.]       1. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to             revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the             Holy Spirit.                         So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom                      is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified,                      blasphemed, and had in scorn.            --Milton.                         How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge                      and avenge thyself on all those who thus continually                      blaspheme thy great and all-glorious name? --Dr. W.                                                                               Beveridge.          2. Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously             sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile;             to abuse.                         You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. --Shak.                         Those who from our labors heap their board,                      Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.                                                                               --Pope.
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Blaspheme \Blas*pheme"\, v. i.       To utter blasphemy.                   He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath                never forgiveness.                                 --Mark iii.                                                                               29.
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Blaspheme \Blas*pheme"\ (bl[acr]s*f[emac]m"), v. t. [imp. & p.       p. {Blasphemed} (-f[emac]md"); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blaspheming}.] [OE. blasfem[emac]n, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr.       blasfhmei^n: cf. F. blasph[82]mer. See {Blame}, v.]       1. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to             revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the             Holy Spirit.                         So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom                      is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified,                      blasphemed, and had in scorn.            --Milton.                         How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge                      and avenge thyself on all those who thus continually                      blaspheme thy great and all-glorious name? --Dr. W.                                                                               Beveridge.          2. Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously             sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile;             to abuse.                         You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. --Shak.                         Those who from our labors heap their board,                      Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.                                                                               --Pope.
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Blasphemer \Blas*phem"er\, n.       One who blasphemes.                   And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the                insult's not on man, but God ?               --Pope.
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Blaspheme \Blas*pheme"\ (bl[acr]s*f[emac]m"), v. t. [imp. & p.       p. {Blasphemed} (-f[emac]md"); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blaspheming}.] [OE. blasfem[emac]n, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr.       blasfhmei^n: cf. F. blasph[82]mer. See {Blame}, v.]       1. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to             revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the             Holy Spirit.                         So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom                      is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified,                      blasphemed, and had in scorn.            --Milton.                         How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge                      and avenge thyself on all those who thus continually                      blaspheme thy great and all-glorious name? --Dr. W.                                                                               Beveridge.          2. Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously             sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile;             to abuse.                         You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. --Shak.                         Those who from our labors heap their board,                      Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.                                                                               --Pope.
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Blasphemous \Blas"phe*mous\, a. [L. blasphemus, Gr. [?].]       Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting       anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous       person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a       blasphemous caricature. [bd]Blasphemous publications.[b8]       --Porteus.                   Nor from the Holy One of Heaven Refrained his tongue                blasphemous.                                          --Milton.          Note: Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable,                as in the above example.
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Blasphemously \Blas"phe*mous*ly\, adv.       In a blasphemous manner.
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Blasphemy \Blas"phe*my\, n. [L. blasphemia, Gr. [?]: cf. OF.       blasphemie.]       1. An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs;             impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used             in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act             of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity.          Note: When used generally in statutes or at common law,                blasphemy is the use of irreverent words or signs in                reference to the Supreme Being in such a way as to                produce scandal or provoke violence.          2. Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny;             abuse; vilification.                         Punished for his blasphemy against learning.                                                                               --Bacon.
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Blissful \Bliss"ful\, a.       Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity;       happy in the highest degree. [bd]Blissful solitude.[b8]       --Milton. -- {Bliss"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Bliss"ful*ness}, n.
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Blissful \Bliss"ful\, a.       Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity;       happy in the highest degree. [bd]Blissful solitude.[b8]       --Milton. -- {Bliss"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Bliss"ful*ness}, n.
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Blissful \Bliss"ful\, a.       Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity;       happy in the highest degree. [bd]Blissful solitude.[b8]       --Milton. -- {Bliss"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Bliss"ful*ness}, n.
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Block book \Block" book`\       A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable       types.
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Printing \Print"ing\, n.       The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters,       or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business       of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their       adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic       prints.          {Block printing}. See under {Block}.          {Printing frame} (Photog.), a shallow box, usually having a             glass front, in which prints are made by exposure to             light.          {Printing house}, a printing office.          {Printing ink}, ink used in printing books, newspapers, etc.             It is composed of lampblack or ivory black mingled with             linseed or nut oil, made thick by boiling and burning.             Other ingredients are employed for the finer qualities.             --Ure.          {Printing office}, a place where books, pamphlets, or             newspapers, etc., are printed.          {Printing paper}, paper used in the printing of books,             pamphlets, newspapers, and the like, as distinguished from             writing paper, wrapping paper, etc.          {Printing press}, a press for printing, books, newspaper,             handbills, etc.          {Printing wheel}, a wheel with letters or figures on its             periphery, used in machines for paging or numbering, or in             ticket-printing machines, typewriters, etc.; a type wheel.
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Block \Block\, n. [OE. blok; cf. F. bloc (fr. OHG.), D. & Dan.       blok, Sw. & G. block, OHG. bloch. There is also an OHG.       bloch, biloh; bi by + the same root as that of E. lock. Cf.       {Block}, v. t., {Blockade}, and see {Lock}.]       1. A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood,             stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or             approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher             chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse;             children's playing blocks, etc.                         Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke, And Christmas                      blocks are burning.                           --Wither.                         All her labor was but as a block Left in the quarry.                                                                               --Tennyson.          2. The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay             their necks when they are beheaded.                         Noble heads which have been brought to the block.                                                                               --E. Everett.          3. The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.             Hence: The pattern or shape of a hat.                         He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it                      ever changes with the next block.      --Shak.          4. A large or long building divided into separate houses or             shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact             with each other so as to form one building; a row of             houses or shops.          5. A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets,             whether occupied by buildings or not.                         The new city was laid out in rectangular blocks,                      each block containing thirty building lots. Such an                      average block, comprising 282 houses and covering                      nine acres of ground, exists in Oxford Street.                                                                               --Lond. Quart.                                                                               Rev.          6. A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell             which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it             may be attached to an object. It is used to change the             direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can             not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more             such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion,             or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the             rigging of ships, and in tackles.          7. (Falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.          8. Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a             hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.          9. A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.          10. (Print.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on             which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to             make it type high.          11. A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt. [Obs.]                         What a block art thou !                     --Shak.          12. A section of a railroad where the block system is used.             See {Block system}, below.          {A block of shares} (Stock Exchange), a large number of             shares in a stock company, sold in a lump. --Bartlett.          {Block printing}.             (a) A mode of printing (common in China and Japan) from                   engraved boards by means of a sheet of paper laid on                   the linked surface and rubbed with a brush. --S. W.                   Williams.             (b) A method of printing cotton cloth and paper hangings                   with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved                   surface coated with coloring matter.          {Block system} on railways, a system by which the track is             divided into sections of three or four miles, and trains             are so run by the guidance of electric signals that no             train enters a section or block before the preceding train             has left it.
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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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crocidolite \Cro*cid"o*lite\ (kr?-s?d"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kroky`s       nap on cloth + -lite.] (Min.)       A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color.       It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of       iron and soda; -- called also {blue asbestus}. A silicified       form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to       oxide of iron, is the yellow brown {tiger-eye} of the       jewelers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crocidolite \Cro*cid"o*lite\ (kr?-s?d"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kroky`s       nap on cloth + -lite.] (Min.)       A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color.       It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of       iron and soda; -- called also {blue asbestus}. A silicified       form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to       oxide of iron, is the yellow brown {tiger-eye} of the       jewelers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spar \Spar\, n. [AS. sp[91]r in sp[91]rst[be]n chalkstone; akin       to MHG. spar, G. sparkalk plaster.] (Min.)       An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and       somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar,       etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue       minerals of a metalliferous vein.          {Blue spar}, {Cube spar}, etc. See under {Blue}, {Cube}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluecap \Blue"cap`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The bluepoll.             (b) The blue bonnet or blue titmouse.          2. A Scot; a Scotchman; -- so named from wearing a blue             bonnet. [Poetic] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blushful \Blush"ful\, a.       Full of blushes.                   While from his ardent look the turning Spring Averts                her blushful face.                                 --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoop \Hoop\, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.]       1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form,             and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of             casks, tubs, etc.          2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as             the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in             making cheese.          3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone,             metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the             skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in             the plural.                         Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of                      whale.                                                --Pope.          4. A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with             hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents             measured by the distance between the hoops. [Obs.]          5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from             one to four pecks. [Eng.] --Halliwell.          {Bulge hoop}, {Chine hoop}, {Quarter hoop}, the hoop nearest             the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the             intermediate hoop between these two, respectively.          {Flat hoop}, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides.          {Half-round hoop}, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed             on the outside.          {Hoop iron}, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making             hoops.          {Hoop lock}, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden             hoops by notching and interlocking them.          {Hoop skirt}, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts             of a woman's dress; -- called also {hoop petticoat}.          {Hoop snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of the Southern             United States ({Abaster erythrogrammus}); -- so called             from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a             hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with             great velocity.          {Hoop tree} (Bot.), a small West Indian tree ({Melia             sempervirens}), of the Mahogany family.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from                the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the                {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or                {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are                some of the best known.          Note: Among the true plums are;          {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or             purple globular drupes,          {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}.          {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its             round red drupes.          {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,             much grown in England for sale in the markets.          {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or             yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several             other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other             genera than {Prunus}, are;          {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of             the same family with the persimmon.          {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}.          {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}.                      {Date plum}. See under {Date}.          {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium             macrophyllum}.          {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime.          {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}.          {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}.          2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.          3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant             language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the             person possessing it.          {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European             bullfinch.          {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus             scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes             in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva             bores into the stone and eats the kernel.          {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very             destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other             stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped             incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the             pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum             curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bailey's Prairie, TX (village, FIPS 5288)       Location: 29.15344 N, 95.49427 W       Population (1990): 634 (213 housing units)       Area: 19.4 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beallsville, MD       Zip code(s): 20839    Beallsville, OH (village, FIPS 4542)       Location: 39.84833 N, 81.03535 W       Population (1990): 464 (194 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43716    Beallsville, PA (borough, FIPS 4568)       Location: 40.05856 N, 80.03311 W       Population (1990): 530 (225 housing units)       Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 15313
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bellows Falls, VT (village, FIPS 4225)       Location: 43.13614 N, 72.45321 W       Population (1990): 3313 (1494 housing units)       Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 05101
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black Butte Ranc, OR       Zip code(s): 97759
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black Forest, CO (CDP, FIPS 6970)       Location: 39.04633 N, 104.66813 W       Population (1990): 8143 (2854 housing units)       Area: 330.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black Springs, AR (town, FIPS 6730)       Location: 34.46151 N, 93.71354 W       Population (1990): 97 (46 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blackburn, MO (city, FIPS 5950)       Location: 39.10491 N, 93.48615 W       Population (1990): 308 (131 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 65321    Blackburn, OK (town, FIPS 6450)       Location: 36.37335 N, 96.59619 W       Population (1990): 110 (59 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blackfoot, ID (city, FIPS 7840)       Location: 43.19398 N, 112.34492 W       Population (1990): 9646 (3617 housing units)       Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 83221
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blackford County, IN (county, FIPS 9)       Location: 40.47343 N, 85.32257 W       Population (1990): 14067 (5856 housing units)       Area: 427.7 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blacksburg, SC (town, FIPS 6400)       Location: 35.12114 N, 81.51873 W       Population (1990): 1907 (860 housing units)       Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Blacksburg, VA (town, FIPS 7784)       Location: 37.23275 N, 80.42841 W       Population (1990): 34590 (11857 housing units)       Area: 48.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blacksville, GA (CDP, FIPS 8340)       Location: 33.42953 N, 84.15633 W       Population (1990): 1112 (350 housing units)       Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Blacksville, WV (town, FIPS 8092)       Location: 39.71867 N, 80.21563 W       Population (1990): 168 (83 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 26521
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blackville, SC (town, FIPS 6490)       Location: 33.36024 N, 81.28096 W       Population (1990): 2688 (1016 housing units)       Area: 23.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 29817
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blissfield, MI (village, FIPS 9000)       Location: 41.83241 N, 83.86437 W       Population (1990): 3172 (1260 housing units)       Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49228
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blossburg, PA (borough, FIPS 7160)       Location: 41.68285 N, 77.06663 W       Population (1990): 1571 (686 housing units)       Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 16912
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blossvale, NY       Zip code(s): 13308
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blue Springs, AL (town, FIPS 7672)       Location: 31.66050 N, 85.50309 W       Population (1990): 108 (52 housing units)       Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Blue Springs, MO (city, FIPS 6652)       Location: 39.02200 N, 94.27365 W       Population (1990): 40153 (14246 housing units)       Area: 41.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 64014    Blue Springs, MS (village, FIPS 7100)       Location: 34.40288 N, 88.87283 W       Population (1990): 140 (64 housing units)       Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 38828    Blue Springs, NE (city, FIPS 5630)       Location: 40.13698 N, 96.66259 W       Population (1990): 431 (203 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68318
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boalsburg, PA (CDP, FIPS 7368)       Location: 40.77351 N, 77.79165 W       Population (1990): 2206 (853 housing units)       Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 16827
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bulls Gap, TN (town, FIPS 9560)       Location: 36.26423 N, 83.07903 W       Population (1990): 659 (312 housing units)       Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 37711
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Bloggs Family n.   An imaginary family consisting of Fred and    Mary Bloggs and their children.   Used as a standard example in    knowledge representation to show the difference between extensional    and intensional objects.   For example, every occurrence of "Fred    Bloggs" is the same unique person, whereas occurrences of "person"    may refer to different people.   Members of the Bloggs family have    been known to pop up in bizarre places such as the old {DEC}    Telephone Directory.   Compare {Dr. Fred Mbogo}; {J. Random Hacker};    {Fred Foobar}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
black box          An {abstraction} of a device or system in which only       its externally visible behaviour is considered and not its       implementation or "inner workings".          See also {functional testing}.          (1997-07-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
black-box testing          {functional testing}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bloggs Family, the          An imaginary family consisting of Fred and Mary Bloggs and       their children.   Used as a standard example in knowledge       representation to show the difference between extensional and       intensional objects.   For example, every occurrence of "Fred       Bloggs" is the same unique person, whereas occurrences of       "person" may refer to different people.   Members of the Bloggs       family have been known to pop up in bizarre places such as the       DEC Telephone Directory.   Compare {Mbogo, Dr. Fred}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baal-zebub       fly-lord, the god of the Philistines at Ekron (2 Kings 1:2, 3,       16). This name was given to the god because he was supposed to       be able to avert the plague of flies which in that region was to       be feared. He was consulted by Ahaziah as to his recovery.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baal-zephon       Baal of the north, an Egyptian town on the shores of the Gulf of       Suez (Ex. 14:2; Num. 33:7), over against which the children of       Israel encamped before they crossed the Red Sea. It is probably       to be identified with the modern Jebel Deraj or Kulalah, on the       western shore of the Gulf of Suez. Baal-zapuna of the Egyptians       was a place of worship.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beelzebub       (Gr. form Beel'zebul), the name given to Satan, and found only       in the New Testament (Matt. 10:25; 12:24, 27; Mark 3:22). It is       probably the same as Baalzebub (q.v.), the god of Ekron, meaning       "the lord of flies," or, as others think, "the lord of dung," or       "the dung-god."
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Blasphemy       In the sense of speaking evil of God this word is found in Ps.       74:18; Isa. 52:5; Rom. 2:24; Rev. 13:1, 6; 16:9, 11, 21. It       denotes also any kind of calumny, or evil-speaking, or abuse (1       Kings 21:10; Acts 13:45; 18:6, etc.). Our Lord was accused of       blasphemy when he claimed to be the Son of God (Matt. 26:65;       comp. Matt. 9:3; Mark 2:7). They who deny his Messiahship       blaspheme Jesus (Luke 22:65; John 10:36).                Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Matt. 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28,       29; Luke 12:10) is regarded by some as a continued and obstinate       rejection of the gospel, and hence is an unpardonable sin,       simply because as long as a sinner remains in unbelief he       voluntarily excludes himself from pardon. Others regard the       expression as designating the sin of attributing to the power of       Satan those miracles which Christ performed, or generally those       works which are the result of the Spirit's agency.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Baal-zebub, god of the fly
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Baal-zephon, the idol or possession of the north; hidden; secret
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Beelzebub, same as Baalzebub