lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
2.
characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness: a black night.
3.
(sometimes initial capital letter)
a.
pertaining or belonging to any of the various populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia.
soiled or stained with dirt: That shirt was black within an hour.
5.
gloomy; pessimistic; dismal: a black outlook.
6.
deliberately; harmful; inexcusable: a black lie.
7.
boding ill; sullen or hostile; threatening: black words; black looks.
8.
(of coffee or tea) without milk or cream.
9.
without any moral quality or goodness; evil; wicked: His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.
10.
indicating censure, disgrace, or liability to punishment: a black mark on one's record.
11.
marked by disaster or misfortune: black areas of drought; Black Friday.
12.
wearing black or dark clothing or armor: the black prince.
13.
based on the grotesque, morbid, or unpleasant aspects of life: black comedy; black humor.
14.
(of a check mark, flag, etc.) done or written in black to indicate, as on a list, that which is undesirable, sub-standard, potentially dangerous, etc.: Pilots put a black flag next to the ten most dangerous airports.
15.
illegal or underground: The black economy pays no taxes.
16.
showing a profit; not showing any losses: the first black quarter in two years.
17.
deliberately false or intentionally misleading: black propaganda.
18.
British. boycotted, as certain goods or products by a trade union.
19.
(of steel) in the form in which it comes from the rolling mill or forge; unfinished.
–noun
20.
the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it. Compare white(def. 19).
21.
(sometimes initial capital letter)
a.
a member of any of various dark-skinned peoples, esp. those of Africa, Oceania, and Australia.
to lose consciousness: He blacked out at the sight of blood.
b.
to erase, obliterate, or suppress: News reports were blacked out.
c.
to forget everything relating to a particular event, person, etc.: When it came to his war experiences he blacked out completely.
d.
Theater. to extinguish all of the stage lights.
e.
to make or become inoperable: to black out the radio broadcasts from the U.S.
f.
Military. to obscure by concealing all light in defense against air raids.
g.
Radioand Television. to impose a broadcast blackout on (an area).
h.
to withdraw or cancel (a special fare, sale, discount, etc.) for a designated period: The special air fare discount will be blacked out by the airlines over the holiday weekend.
—Idioms
33.
black and white,
a.
print or writing: I want that agreement in black and white.
b.
a monochromatic picture done with black and white only.
c.
a chocolate soda containing vanilla ice cream.
34.
black or white, completely either one way or another, without any intermediate state.
35.
in the black, operating at a profit or being out of debt (opposed to in the red): New production methods put the company in the black.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME blak, OE blæc; c. OHG blah-; akin to ON blakkr black, blek ink]
—Usage note 3, 21.Black,colored, and Negro have all been used to describe or name the dark-skinned African peoples or their descendants. Colored, now somewhat old-fashioned, is often offensive. In the late 1950s black began to replace Negro and today is the most widely used term. Common as an adjective (black woman, man, American, people, etc.), black is also used as a noun, especially in the plural. Like other terms referring to skin color (white, yellow), black is usually not capitalized, except in proper names or titles (Black Muslim; Black English). In the appropriate meanings Afro-American is sometimes used instead of black.
Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
Having little or no light: a black, moonless night.
often Black
Of or belonging to a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin: the Black population of South Africa.
Of or belonging to an American ethnic group descended from African peoples having dark skin; African-American.
Very dark in color: rich black soil; black, wavy hair.
Soiled, as from soot; dirty: feet black from playing outdoors.
Evil; wicked: the pirates' black deeds.
Cheerless and depressing; gloomy: black thoughts.
Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor: a black comedy.
Marked by anger or sullenness: gave me a black look.
Attended with disaster; calamitous: a black day; the stock market crash on Black Friday.
Deserving of, indicating, or incurring censure or dishonor: "Man ... has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"(Rachel Carson).
Wearing clothing of the darkest visual hue: the black knight.
Served without milk or cream: black coffee.
Appearing to emanate from a source other than the actual point of origin. Used chiefly of intelligence operations: black propaganda; black radio transmissions.
Disclosed, for reasons of security, only to an extremely limited number of authorized persons; very highly classified: black programs in the Defense Department; the Pentagon's black budget.
Chiefly British Boycotted as part of a labor union action.
n.
The achromatic color value of minimum lightness or maximum darkness; the color of objects that absorb nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; one extreme of the neutral gray series, the opposite being white. Although strictly a response to zero stimulation of the retina, the perception of black appears to depend on contrast with surrounding color stimuli.
A pigment or dye having this color value.
A member of a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin.
An American descended from peoples of African origin having brown to black skin; an African American.
The black-colored pieces, as in chess or checkers.
The player using these pieces.
Complete or almost complete absence of light; darkness.
Clothing of the darkest hue, especially such clothing worn for mourning.
often Black
A member of a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin.
An American descended from peoples of African origin having brown to black skin; an African American.
The black-colored pieces, as in chess or checkers.
The player using these pieces.
Something that is colored black.
Games
The black-colored pieces, as in chess or checkers.
The player using these pieces.
v.
blacked, black·ing, blacks
v.
tr.
To make black: blacked their faces with charcoal.
To apply blacking to: blacked the stove.
Chiefly British To boycott as part of a labor union action.
v.
intr.
To become black.
Phrasal Verb(s): black out
To lose consciousness or memory temporarily: blacked out at the podium.
To suppress (a fact or memory, for example) from conscious recognition: blacked out many of my wartime experiences.
To withhold (a televised event or program) from a broadcast area: blacked out the football game on local stations.
To withhold a televised event or program from: blacked out the entire state to increase ticket sales.
To prohibit the dissemination of, especially by censorship: blacked out the news issuing from the rebel provinces.
To extinguish or conceal all lights that might help enemy aircraft find a target during an air raid.
To extinguish all the lights on (a stage).
To cause a failure of electrical power in: Storm damage blacked out much of the region.
To withhold (a televised event or program) from a broadcast area: blacked out the football game on local stations.
To withhold a televised event or program from: blacked out the entire state to increase ticket sales.
Idiom(s):
in the black
On the credit side of a ledger; prosperous.
[Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
black'ish adj., black'ly adv., black'ness n.
Usage Note: The Oxford English Dictionary contains evidence of the use of black with reference to African peoples as early as 1400, and certainly the word has been in wide use in racial and ethnic contexts ever since. However, it was not until the late 1960s that black (or Black) gained its present status as a self-chosen ethnonym with strong connotations of racial pride, replacing the then-current Negro among Blacks and non-Blacks alike with remarkable speed. Equally significant is the degree to which Negro became discredited in the process, reflecting the profound changes taking place in the Black community during the tumultuous years of the civil rights and Black Power movements. The recent success of African American offers an interesting contrast in this regard. Though by no means a modern coinage, African American achieved sudden prominence at the end of the 1980s when several Black leaders, including Jesse Jackson, championed it as an alternative ethnonym for Americans of African descent. The appeal of this term is obvious, alluding as it does not to skin color but to an ethnicity constructed of geography, history, and culture, and it won rapid acceptance in the media alongside similar forms such as Asian American, Hispanic American, and Italian American. But unlike what happened a generation earlier, African American has shown little sign of displacing or discrediting black, which remains both popular and positive. The difference may well lie in the fact that the campaign for African American came at a time of relative social and political stability, when Americans in general and Black Americans in particular were less caught up in issues involving radical change than they were in the 1960s. · Black is sometimes capitalized in its racial sense, especially in the African-American press, though the lowercase form is still widely used by authors of all races. The capitalization of Black does raise ancillary problems for the treatment of the term white. Orthographic evenhandedness would seem to require the use of uppercase White, but this form might be taken to imply that whites constitute a single ethnic group, an issue that is certainly debatable. Uppercase White is also sometimes associated with the writings of white supremacist groups, a sufficient reason of itself for many to dismiss it. On the other hand, the use of lowercase white in the same context as uppercase Black will obviously raise questions as to how and why the writer has distinguished between the two groups. There is no entirely happy solution to this problem. In all likelihood, uncertainty as to the mode of styling of white has dissuaded many publications from adopting the capitalized form Black.
BlackAudio Help (blāk) Pronunciation Key
American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1937-1971). He was noted for his ardent support of civil rights.
Black, Sir James Whyte Born 1924.
British pharmacologist. He shared a 1988 Nobel Prize for developing drugs to treat heart disease and stomach and duodenal ulcers.
Black, Shirley Temple Born 1928.
American actress and public official. As Shirley Temple she was an immensely popular child actress of the 1930s, starring in films such as Bright Eyes (1934). As an adult she has held several diplomatic positions, including ambassador to Ghana (1974-1976).
O.E. blæc "black," from P.Gmc. *blak- (cf. O.N. blakkr "dark," Du. blaken "to burn"), from PIE *bhleg- "burn, gleam" (cf. Gk. phlegein "to burn, scorch," L. flagrare "to blaze, glow, burn"). Same root produced O.E. blac "white, bright" (see bleach), the common notion being "lack of hue." The main O.E. word for "black" was sweart. "In ME. it is often doubtful whether blac, blak, blake, means 'black, dark,' or 'pale, colourless, wan, livid.' " Adjective used of dark-skinned people in O.E. The noun in this sense is first attested 1625 (blackamoor is from 1547; see moor). Of coffee, first attested 1796. Sense of "dark purposes, malignant" emerged 1583 (e.g. black art, 1590). Black list "list of persons who have incurred suspicion" is from 1692. Black market first attested 1931. Black eye in figurative sense of "bad reputation" is from 1880s. Blackberry was in O.E.; blackbird is from 1486. Black friar "Dominican" is first recorded 1500, so called from the color of their dress. black widow spider (1915) so called from the female's supposed habit of eating the male after mating (they are cannibalistic, but this particular behavior is rare in the wild). Black panther is from 1965, the movement an outgrowth of Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee. Black comedy first recorded 1963 (cf. Fr. pièce noire). To be in the black (1928) is from the accounting practice of recording credits and balances in black ink.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil" [ant: white]
2.
of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr. [ant: white]
3.
marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"
4.
offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"
5.
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
6.
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
7.
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury"
8.
extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar"
9.
harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" [syn: bootleg]
12.
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
13.
(of coffee) without cream or sugar
14.
soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour"
noun
1.
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) [ant: white]
2.
total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night" [syn: total darkness]
3.
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
4.
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
5.
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
of the colour in which these words are printed Example: black paint
Arabic:
أسْوَد
Chinese (Simplified):
黑色的
Chinese (Traditional):
黑色的
Czech:
černý
Danish:
sort
Dutch:
zwart
Estonian:
must
Finnish:
musta
French:
noir
German:
schwarz
Greek:
μαύρος
Hungarian:
fekete
Icelandic:
svartur
Indonesian:
hitam
Italian:
nero
Japanese:
黒の
Korean:
검정의
Latvian:
melns
Lithuanian:
juodas
Norwegian:
svart
Polish:
czarny
Portuguese (Brazil):
preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
preto
Romanian:
negru
Russian:
чёрный
Slovak:
čierny
Slovenian:
črn
Spanish:
negro
Swedish:
svart
Turkish:
siyah, kara
black2[blӕk]adjective
without light Example: a black night; The night was black and starless.
Arabic:
مُظْلِم
Chinese (Simplified):
黑暗的
Chinese (Traditional):
黑暗的
Czech:
temný
Danish:
sort
Dutch:
donker
Estonian:
pime
Finnish:
pimeä
French:
noir
German:
dunkel
Greek:
σκοτεινός
Hungarian:
sötét
Icelandic:
svartur; dimmur
Indonesian:
gelap
Italian:
nero, scuro
Japanese:
暗い
Korean:
암흑의
Latvian:
tumšs
Lithuanian:
juodas
Norwegian:
svart; belgmørk
Polish:
ciemny
Portuguese (Brazil):
escuro
Portuguese (Portugal):
escuro
Romanian:
negru
Russian:
тёмный
Slovak:
temný
Slovenian:
temen
Spanish:
negro, oscuro
Swedish:
svart, mörk
Turkish:
karanlık
black3[blӕk]adjective
dirty Example: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal
Arabic:
فَحْمي، قَذِر
Chinese (Simplified):
弄脏的
Chinese (Traditional):
弄臟的
Czech:
černý, špinavý
Danish:
sort
Dutch:
zwart
Estonian:
must
Finnish:
musta, likainen
French:
noir
German:
schmutzig
Greek:
βρόμικος
Hungarian:
piszkos
Icelandic:
svartur (af skít)
Indonesian:
kotor
Italian:
nero
Japanese:
よごれた
Korean:
더러운
Latvian:
netīrs
Lithuanian:
juodas
Norwegian:
svart, svertet
Polish:
czarny
Portuguese (Brazil):
preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
negro
Romanian:
murdar
Russian:
грязный
Slovak:
špinavý
Slovenian:
umazan
Spanish:
negro
Swedish:
svart, smutsig
Turkish:
pis, kirli
black4[blӕk]adjective
without milk Example: black coffee
Arabic:
صِرف (من غير حَليب)
Chinese (Simplified):
不加奶的
Chinese (Traditional):
不加奶的
Czech:
černý
Danish:
sort
Dutch:
zwart
Estonian:
must
Finnish:
musta
French:
noir
German:
schwarz
Greek:
χωρίς γάλα, σκέτος (πχ. για καφέ)
Hungarian:
fekete(kávé)
Icelandic:
svartur (kaffi)
Indonesian:
tanpa susu
Italian:
nero
Japanese:
ミルクなしの
Korean:
우유나 크림을 타지 않은
Latvian:
(par kafiju) melna; bez piena
Lithuanian:
juodas
Norwegian:
svart (kaffe)
Polish:
czarny
Portuguese (Brazil):
preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
preto
Romanian:
negru
Russian:
чёрный
Slovak:
čierny
Slovenian:
črn
Spanish:
solo
Swedish:
svart, utan mjölk
Turkish:
sütsüz, sade
black5[blӕk]adjective
evil Example: black magic
Arabic:
شِرّير
Chinese (Simplified):
邪恶的
Chinese (Traditional):
邪惡的
Czech:
černý
Danish:
sort
Dutch:
zwart
Estonian:
must
Finnish:
musta
French:
noir
German:
schwarz,böse
Greek:
κακός, μαύρος
Hungarian:
sötét
Icelandic:
svartur (galdur)
Indonesian:
jahat
Italian:
nero
Japanese:
邪悪な
Korean:
사악한
Latvian:
ļauns
Lithuanian:
juodasis
Norwegian:
svart magi, svartekunst
Polish:
zły
Portuguese (Brazil):
negro
Portuguese (Portugal):
negro
Romanian:
negru
Russian:
чёрный
Slovak:
zlý, čierny
Slovenian:
črn
Spanish:
negro, negra
Swedish:
svart, ond
Turkish:
kötü
black6[blӕk]adjective
(often offensive ) Negro, of African, West Indian descent Example: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa et
Arabic:
زِنْجي، أفريقي
Chinese (Simplified):
黑人的
Chinese (Traditional):
黑人的
Czech:
černý, černošský
Danish:
neger; sort
Dutch:
zwart
Estonian:
must
Finnish:
mustaihoinen
French:
noir
Greek:
νέγρος
Hungarian:
fekete
Icelandic:
svartur
Indonesian:
kulit hitam
Italian:
negro
Japanese:
黒人の
Korean:
흑인의
Latvian:
melnādains
Lithuanian:
juodaodis
Norwegian:
neger-, svart (person)
Polish:
kolorowy
Portuguese (Brazil):
negro
Portuguese (Portugal):
preto
Romanian:
negru
Russian:
чернокожий
Slovak:
čierny, černošský
Slovenian:
črnski
Spanish:
negro
Swedish:
svart
Turkish:
zenci
black7[blӕk]adjective
(especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves)
Arabic:
خَليطُ الأصْل (أسْوَد وَغَيْرُهُ)
Chinese (Simplified):
有色的（人种）
Chinese (Traditional):
有色的（人种）
Czech:
míšenec
Danish:
farvet
Dutch:
zwart
Estonian:
värviline
Finnish:
värillinen
French:
noir
German:
schwarz
Greek:
έγχρωμος
Hungarian:
fekete (bőrű)
Icelandic:
svartur
Indonesian:
kulit berwarna
Italian:
nero
Japanese:
混血の
Korean:
흑인종의
Latvian:
krāsains
Lithuanian:
spalvotasis
Norwegian:
farget (person)
Polish:
czarnoskóry
Portuguese (Brazil):
negro
Portuguese (Portugal):
negro
Russian:
цветной
Slovak:
farebný
Slovenian:
črn
Spanish:
negro
Swedish:
svart, färgad
Turkish:
zenci
black1[blӕk]noun
the colour in which these words are printed Example: Black and white are opposites.
Arabic:
اللوْن الأسْوَد
Chinese (Simplified):
黑色
Chinese (Traditional):
黑色
Czech:
čerň, černá barva
Danish:
sort
Dutch:
zwart
Estonian:
must
Finnish:
musta
French:
noir
German:
das Schwarz
Greek:
μαύρο (χρώμα)
Hungarian:
fekete (szín)
Icelandic:
svartur
Indonesian:
hitam
Italian:
nero
Japanese:
黒
Korean:
검정색
Latvian:
melnā krāsa
Lithuanian:
juoda spalva
Norwegian:
svart; sverte
Polish:
czarny kolor, czerń
Portuguese (Brazil):
preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
preto
Romanian:
negru
Russian:
чёрный цвет
Slovak:
čierna farba
Slovenian:
črna (barva)
Spanish:
negro
Swedish:
svart
Turkish:
kara, *siyah renk
black2[blӕk]noun
something (eg paint) black in colour Example: I've used up all the black.
Arabic:
الدِّهانُ الأسْوَد
Chinese (Simplified):
黑颜料
Chinese (Traditional):
黑顏料
Czech:
čerň, černá barva
Danish:
sort
Dutch:
zwart
Estonian:
must
Finnish:
musta väri
French:
noir
German:
das Schwarz
Greek:
μαύρο χρώμα
Hungarian:
fekete
Icelandic:
svartur
Indonesian:
hitam
Italian:
nero
Japanese:
黒色
Korean:
검정
Latvian:
melna krāsa; melnums
Lithuanian:
juodumas, juodi dažai
Norwegian:
svart(farge), det svarte
Polish:
czerń
Portuguese (Brazil):
preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
preto
Romanian:
negru
Russian:
чёрное
Slovak:
čierna farba, čerň
Slovenian:
črna barva
Spanish:
negro
Swedish:
svart
Turkish:
siyah renkli şey
black3[blӕk]noun
(often with capital: often offensive ) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent Example: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa et
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British pharmacologist who discovered the first beta-blocker, which led to the development of safer and more effective drugs to treat high blood pressure and heart disease. Black also developed a blocker for gastric acid production that revolutionized the treatment of stomach ulcers. He shared with Gertrude Elion and George Hitchings the 1988 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.
Black, Joseph 1728-1799.
British chemist who in 1756 discovered carbon dioxide, which he called "fixed air." In addition to further studies of carbon dioxide, Black formulated the concepts of latent heat and heat capacity.
Black Hawk, CO (town, FIPS 7025) Location: 39.80030 N, 105.49129 W Population (1990): 227 (147 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80422
Black Lick, PA (CDP, FIPS 6744) Location: 40.46497 N, 79.18795 W Population (1990): 1100 (436 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15716
Black Rock, AR (city, FIPS 6700) Location: 36.10638 N, 91.10863 W Population (1990): 736 (358 housing units) Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72415
Black Earth, WI (village, FIPS 7800) Location: 43.13662 N, 89.74605 W Population (1990): 1248 (469 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53515
Black Eagle, MT Zip code(s): 59414
Black Diamond, WA (city, FIPS 6330) Location: 47.31170 N, 122.00990 W Population (1990): 1422 (579 housing units) Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98010
Black Creek, NY Zip code(s): 14714
Black Oak, AR (town, FIPS 6610) Location: 35.83547 N, 90.36711 W Population (1990): 277 (128 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72414
Black River, NY (village, FIPS 6794) Location: 44.00955 N, 75.79676 W Population (1990): 1349 (523 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13612
Black Hawk, SD Zip code(s): 57718
Black Mountain, NC (town, FIPS 6140) Location: 35.61425 N, 82.33031 W Population (1990): 5418 (2519 housing units) Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Black Jack, MO (city, FIPS 6004) Location: 38.79815 N, 90.26360 W Population (1990): 6128 (2076 housing units) Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Black Rock, NM (CDP, FIPS 7670) Location: 35.08601 N, 108.79001 W Population (1990): 858 (244 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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)
Black Creek, WI (village, FIPS 7725) Location: 44.47453 N, 88.45002 W Population (1990): 1152 (433 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Black Creek, NC (town, FIPS 6080) Location: 35.63582 N, 77.93355 W Population (1990): 615 (250 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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)
Black Butte Ranc, OR Zip code(s): 97759
Black River Fall, WI Zip code(s): 54615
Upper Black Eddy, PA Zip code(s): 18972
Black River Falls, WI (city, FIPS 7900) Location: 44.29871 N, 90.84700 W Population (1990): 3490 (1547 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Black Hawk County, IA (county, FIPS 13) Location: 42.47270 N, 92.30691 W Population (1990): 123798 (49688 housing units) Area: 1469.5 sq km (land), 11.9 sq km (water)
Black Canyon City, AZ (CDP, FIPS 6610) Location: 34.06248 N, 112.10937 W Population (1990): 1811 (1090 housing units) Area: 51.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Black Mountain S, NC Zip code(s): 28711
Black, AL (town, FIPS 7120) Location: 31.00939 N, 85.74321 W Population (1990): 174 (80 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36314
Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl["a]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]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. "This day's black fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black day." "Black despair." --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["o]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["o]l.), the common American bear (Ursus Americanus). Black beast. See B[^e]te noire. Black beetle (Zo["o]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. "To pinch the slatterns black and blue." --Hudibras. Black bonnet (Zo["o]l.), the black-headed bunting (Embriza Sch[oe]niclus) of Europe. Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a species of caterpillar. Black cat (Zo["o]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 d
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