Definition of black

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Black (n.) The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.

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Coal :: Coal (n.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter..
Blackroot :: Blackroot (n.) See Colicroot.
Marble :: Marble (n.) A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc..
Black Book :: Black book () A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution..
Merle :: Merle (n.) The European blackbird. See Blackbird.
Kestrel :: Kestrel (n.) A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species..
Blackguard :: Blackguard (v. t.) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
Waybung :: Waybung (n.) An Australian insessorial bird (Corcorax melanorhamphus) noted for the curious actions of the male during the breeding season. It is black with a white patch on each wing.
Lady''s Seal :: Lady's seal () The black bryony (Tamus communis).
Kali :: Kali (n.) The black, destroying goddess; -- called also Doorga, Anna Purna..
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
Striking :: Striker (n.) A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought..
Colly :: Colly (v. t.) To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime..
Petal :: Petal (n.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
Black :: Black (a.) Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks..
Black-hearted :: Black-hearted (a.) Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad..
Tystie :: Tystie (n.) The black guillemot.
Melampode :: Melampode (n.) The black hellebore.
Grizzle :: Grizzle (n.) Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.
Skewbald :: Skewbald (a.) Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses..
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