Part 1165

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

<hw>Black" pud"ding</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal.</def>

<blockquote>And fat black <b>puddings</b>, -- proper food, For warriors that delight in blood. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Black" Rod`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <sd>(a)</sd> <def>the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the <ets>black rod</ets> which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An usher in the legislature of British colonies.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<blockquote>Committed to the custody of the <b>Black Rod</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blackroot</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"root`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Colicroot</er>.</def>

<h1>Blacks</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Blacks</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The name of a kind of in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine press.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Soot flying in the air.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Black garments, etc. See <er>Black</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</def>

<h1>Blacksalter</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"salt`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who,makes crude potash, or black salts.</def>

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

<hw>Black" salts`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Crude potash.</def>

<i>De Colange.</i>

<h1>Blacksmith</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"smith`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Black</ets> (in allusion to the color of the metal) + <ets>smith</ets>. Cf. <er>Whitesmith</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc.</def>

<blockquote> The <b>blacksmith</b> may forge what he pleases. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fish of the Pacific coast<spn> (Chromis, or Heliastes, punctipinnis)</spn>, of a blackish color.</def>

<h1>Black snake &or; Blacksnake</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw><hw>Black" snake`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> &or; <hw>Black"snake</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the <spn>Bascanium constrictor</spn>, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the <spn>Scotophis Alleghaniensis</spn>, seven or eight feet long.</def>

<note>&hand; The name is also applied to various other black serpents, as <spn>Natrix atra</spn> of Jamaica.</note>

<h1>Blackstrap</h1> <Xpage=151>

<hw>Black"strap`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.</def>

<blockquote>No <b>blackstrap</b> to-night; switchel, or ginger pop. <i>Judd.</i></blockquote>