BPage 245
- English Word Blackguard Definition A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough.
- English Word Blackguard Definition A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin.
- English Word Blackguard Definition To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
- English Word Blackguard Definition Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard language.
- English Word Blackguarded Definition of Blackguard
- English Word Blackguarding Definition of Blackguard
- English Word Blackguardism Definition The conduct or language of a blackguard; ruffianism.
- English Word Blackguardly Definition In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive; scurrilous; ruffianly.
- English Word Blackhead Definition The scaup duck.
- English Word Blackheart Definition A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin.
- English Word Blacking Definition of Black
- English Word Blacking Definition Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves.
- English Word Blacking Definition The act or process of making black.
- English Word Blackish Definition Somewhat black.
- English Word Blacklead Definition To coat or to polish with black lead.
- English Word Blackleg Definition A notorious gambler.
- English Word Blackleg Definition A disease among calves and sheep, characterized by a settling of gelatinous matter in the legs, and sometimes in the neck.
- English Word Blacklist Definition To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a.
- English Word Blackly Definition In a black manner; darkly, in color; gloomily; threateningly; atrociously.
- English Word Blackmail Definition A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage.