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- English Word Black Monday Definition The first Monday after the holidays; -- so called by English schoolboys.
- English Word Black monk Definition A Benedictine monk.
- English Word Black pudding Definition A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal.
- English Word Black Rod Definition the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords.
- English Word Black Rod Definition An usher in the legislature of British colonies.
- English Word Black salts Definition Crude potash.
- English Word Black snake Definition Alt. of Blacksnake
- English Word Black vomit Definition A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.
- English Word Black wash Definition Alt. of Blackwash
- English Word Black-a-vised Definition Dark-visaged; swart.
- English Word Black-browed Definition Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.
- English Word Black-eyed Definition Having black eyes.
- English Word Black-faced Definition Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
- English Word Black-hearted Definition Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
- English Word Black-jack Definition A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende.
- English Word Black-jack Definition Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc.
- English Word Black-jack Definition A large leather vessel for beer, etc.
- English Word Black-jack Definition The Quercus nigra, or barren oak.
- English Word Black-jack Definition The ensign of a pirate.
- English Word Black-letter Definition Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.