Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a dark complexion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dark-complexioned.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Dark-visaged; swart.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He turned up the Candlemaker Row, and stopped at the Harrow Inn. There was a carrier's cart ready to start, and a keen, thin, impatient, black-a-vised little man, his hand at his gray horse's head, looking about angrily for something.
Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes
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Candlemaker Row, and stopped at the Harrow Inn. There was a carrier's cart ready to start, and a keen, thin, impatient, black-a-vised little man, his hand at his gray horse's head looking about angrily for something.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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They were a black-a-vised, ill-favored pair, these miners upon whose hospitality fate had thrown them.
The Highgrader William MacLeod Raine 1912
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"At your service, Major," cried the Captain, a dashing, black-a-vised personage, with large gold rings in his ears, a plume a yard long in his castor, and a general Drawcansir air.
Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Mary Johnston 1903
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He turned up the Candlemaker Row, and stopped at the Harrow Inn. There was a carrier's cart ready to start, and a keen, thin, impatient, black-a-vised little man, his hand at his gray horse's head looking about angrily for something.
The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902
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The French skipper too was at the wheel: a dapper little personage, black-a-vised, with fierce moustachios and eye-tufts.
The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900
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Then you might see two score of black-a-vised Blairs and McKerrows from Garliestown and the two Luces.
Patsy 1887
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He turned up the Candlemaker Row, and stopt at the Harrow Inn. There was a carrier's cart ready to start, and a keen, thin, impatient, black-a-vised little man, his hand at his gray horse's head, looking about angrily for something.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV Various 1885
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He turned up the Candlemaker Row, and stopped at the Harrow Inn. There was a carrier's cart ready to start, and a keen thin, impatient, black-a-vised little man, his hand at his gray horse's head, looking about angrily for something.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know Various 1880
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There came to it a tall, black-a-vised woman, who, the moment she saw the girl, cried out --
The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols William Black 1869
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