Blackcoat
(Black"coat`) n. A clergyman; — familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat
or a bluecoat.
Blackcock
(Black"cock`) n. (Zoöl.) The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); - - so
called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse.
Black death
(Black" death`) A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.
Blacken
(Black"en) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackening.] [See Black, a., and
cf. Black, v. t. ]
1. To make or render black.
While the long funerals blacken all the way.
Pope.
2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South.
3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.
Syn. — To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.
Blacken
(Black"en), v. i. To grow black or dark.
Blackener
(Black"en*er) n. One who blackens.
Black-eyed
(Black"-eyed`) a. Having black eyes. Dryden.
Black-faced
(Black"-faced`) a. Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
Blackfeet
(Black"feet`) n. pl. (Ethn.) A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country
from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers.
Blackfin
(Black"fin`) n. (Zoöl.) See Bluefin.
Blackfish
(Black"fish) n.
1. (Zoöl.) A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is
G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.
2. (Zoöl.) The tautog of New England
3. (Zoöl.) The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; —
locally called also black Harry.
4. (Zoöl.) A fish of southern Europe (Centrolophus pompilus) of the Mackerel family.
5. (Zoöl.) The female salmon in the spawning season.
The name is locally applied to other fishes.
Blackfoot
(Black"foot`) a. Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian. — n. A Blackfoot
Indian.
Black friar
(Black" fri`ar) (Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order; — called also predicant and preaching
friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
Blackguard
(Black"guard) n. [Black + guard.]
