Part 1161

<i>South.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; <as>as, vice <ex>blackens</ex> the character</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.</syn>

<h1>Blacken</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"en</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow black or dark.</def>

<h1>Blackener</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"en*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who blackens.</def>

<h1>Black-eyed</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"-eyed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having black eyes.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Black-faced</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"-faced`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.</def>

<h1>Blackfeet</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"feet`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Ethn.)</fld> <def>A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers.</def>

<h1>Blackfin</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"fin`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Bluefin</er>.</def>

<h1>Blackfish</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"fish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small kind of whale, of the genus <spn>Globicephalus</spn>, of several species. The most common is <spn>G. melas</spn>. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The tautog of New England (<spn>Tautoga</spn>).</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The black sea bass (<spn>Centropristis atrarius</spn>) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also <altname>black Harry</altname>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fish of southern Europe (<spn>Centrolophus pompilus</spn>) of the Mackerel family.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The female salmon in the spawning season.</def>

<note>&hand; The name is locally applied to other fishes.</note>

<h1>Blackfoot</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; <as>as, a <ex>Blackfoot</ex> Indian</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A Blackfoot Indian.</def></def2>

<h1>Black friar</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black" fri`ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also <altname>predicant</altname> and <altname>preaching friar</altname>; in France, <altname>Jacobin</altname>. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.</def>

<h1>Blackguard</h1> <Xpage=151>