Part 1159

<h1>Blackamoor</h1> <Xpage=150>

<hw>Black"a*moor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Black</ets> + <ets>Moor</ets>.]</ety> <def>A negro or negress.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Black art</h1> <Xpage=150>

<hw>Black" art`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.</def>

<note>&hand; This name was given in the Middle Ages to necromancy, under the idea that the latter term was derived from <ets>niger</ets> black, instead of <grk>nekro`s</grk>, a dead person, and <grk>mantei`a</grk>, divination.

<i>Wright.</i> </note>

<h1>Black-a-vised</h1> <Xpage=150>

<hw>Black"-a-vised`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dark-visaged; swart.</def>

<h1>Blackball</h1> <Xpage=150>

<hw>Black"ball`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words.</def>

<h1>Blackball</h1> <Xpage=150>

<hw>Black"ball`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blackballed</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blackballing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize.</def>

<blockquote>He was <b>blackballed</b> at two clubs in succession. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.</def>

<h1>Blackband</h1> <Xpage=150>

<hw>Black"band`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter; -- valuable as an iron ore.</def>

<h1>Black bass</h1> <Xpage=150>

<hw>Black" bass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus <spn>Micropterus</spn>. the small-mouthed kind is <spn>M. dolomie\'c6</spn>; the largemouthed is <spn>M. salmoides</spn>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The sea bass. See <er>Blackfish</er>, 3.</def>

<h1>Blackberry</h1> <Xpage=150>

<hw>Black"ber*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>blakberye</ets>, AS. <ets>bl\'91cerie</ets>; <ets>bl\'91c</ets> black + <ets>berie</ets> berry.]</ety> <def>The fruit of several species of bramble (<spn>Rubus</spn>); also, the plant itself. <spn>Rubus fruticosus</spn> is the blackberry of England; <spn>R. villosus</spn> and <spn>R. Canadensis</spn> are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.</def>

<h1>Blackbird</h1> <Xpage=150>

<hw>Black"bird</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>In England, a species of thrush (<spn>Turdus merula</spn>), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the <spn>Quiscalus versicolor</spn>, or crow blackbird; the <spn>Agel\'91us ph\'d2niceus</spn>, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See <er>Redwing</er>.</def>

<h1>Blackboard</h1> <Xpage=150>

<hw>Black"board`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A broad board painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.</def>

<h1>Black book</h1> <Xpage=150>