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| Ivory black | Black \Black\, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. [1913 Webster] Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A black pigment or dye. [1913 Webster] 3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races. [1913 Webster] 4. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. (Obs.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery. [1913 Webster] Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] That was the full time they used to wear blacks for the death of their fathers. --Sir T. North. [1913 Webster] 5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black. [1913 Webster] The black or sight of the eye. --Sir K. Digby. [1913 Webster] 6. A stain; a spot; a smooch. [1913 Webster] Defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks of lust. --Rowley. [1913 Webster] {Black and white}, writing or print; as, I must have that statement in black and white. {Blue black}, a pigment of a blue black color. {Ivory black}, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by calcining ivory or bones. When ground it is the chief ingredient of the ink used in copperplate printing. {Berlin black}. See under {Berlin}. [1913 Webster] |
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