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Common
adj
•
Absorbing
all
light
and
reflecting
none;
dark
and
hueless
.
•
Without
light
.
•
Belonging
to or
descended
from any of various (African,
Aboriginal
, etc)
ethnic groups
which
typically
have
dark
pigmentation
of the
skin
. (See
usage
notes
below.)
•
Designated
for use by those
ethnic groups
.
•
In Card games:
Of the
spades
or
clubs
suits
.
Compare
red
(“of the
hearts
or
diamonds
suit
”)
•
Bad
;
evil
;
ill-omened
.
•
Expressing
menace
, or
discontent
;
threatening
;
sullen
.
•
Illegitimate
,
illegal
or
disgraced
.
•
In Irish English:
Overcrowded
.
•
Without any
cream
,
milk
, or
creamer
.
•
In Board games & Chess:
Of or
relating
to the
playing
pieces
of a
board game
deemed
to
belong
to the "black" set (in
chess
the set used by the
player
who
moves
second
) (often
regardless of
the
pieces
'
actual
colour
).
•
In Typography:
Said of a
symbol
or
character
that is
solid
,
filled
with
color
.
Compare
white
(“said of a
character
or
symbol
outline
, not
filled
with
color
”).
•
In Politics:
Related
to the
Christian Democratic
Union
of
Germany
.
•
Clandestine
;
relating
to a
political
,
military
, or
espionage
operation
or
site
, the
existence
or
details
of which is
withheld
from the
general public
.
•
Occult
;
relating
to something (such as
mystical
or
magical
knowledge
) which is
unknown
to or
kept
secret
from the
general public
.
⚠️
In Irish English:
Protestant
, often with the
implication
of being
militantly
pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare
blackmouth
("Presbyterian").)
•
Having
one or more
features
(hair,
fur
,
armour
,
clothes
,
bark
, etc) that is
dark
(or
black
); in
taxonomy
,
especially
:
dark
in
comparison
to another
species
with the same
base
name
.
•
Foul
;
dirty
.
•
Alternative
letter-case form of
black
(“of or
relating
to any of various
ethnic groups
having
dark
pigmentation
of the
skin
”)
noun
•
The colour/color
perceived
in the
absence
of
light
, but also when no
light
is
reflected
, but rather
absorbed
.
•
A
black
dye
or
pigment
.
•
A
pen
,
pencil
,
crayon
, etc;
made of
black
pigment
.
•
Black
cloth
hung up
at
funerals
.
•
A
member
of
descendant
of any of various (African,
Aboriginal
, etc)
ethnic groups
which
typically
have
dark
pigmentation
of the
skin
. (See
usage
notes
above.)
•
Blackness
, the
condition
of
belonging
to or being
descended
from one of these
ethnic groups
.
•
In Billiards & Snooker:
The
black
ball
.
•
In Baseball:
The
edge
of
home plate
.
•
In British English:
A
type
of
firecracker
that is really more
dark
brown
in colour
.
•
Blackcurrant
syrup
(in
mixed drinks
, e.g.
snakebite and black
,
cider
and
black
).
•
The person
playing
with the
black
set of
pieces
.
•
Something, or a part of a
thing
, which is
black
.
•
A
stain
; a
spot
.
•
A
dark
smut
fungus
,
harmful
to
wheat
.
•
In American English:
Marijuana
.
•
Alternative
letter-case form of
black
(“person
having
dark
pigmentation
of the
skin
”)
verb
•
To make
black
; to
blacken
.
•
To
apply
blacking
to (something).
•
In British English:
To
boycott
,
usually
as part
of an
industrial
dispute
.
name
•
A
surname
, from
nicknames
.
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