BLACKa.
1. Of the color of night; destitute of light; dark.
2. Darkened by clouds; as the heavens black with clouds.
3. Sullen; having a cloudy look or countenance.
4. Atrociously wicked; horrible; as a black deed or crime.
5. Dismal; mournful; calamitous.
Black and blue, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue.
BLACKn.
That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.
1. A negro; a person whose skin is black.
2. A black dress, or mourning; as, to be clothed in black.
BLACKv.t.
To make black; to blacken; to soil.