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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural 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.
  • noun plural engraving Soot flying in the air.
  • noun plural Black garments, etc. See Black, n., 4.

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  • noun Plural form of black.
  • noun A kind of ink in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press.
  • noun UK Soot flying in the air.
  • noun Black garments, etc.

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  • Also: clothing for mourning.

    January 1, 2008

  • But one word to business, Jack. Whom dealtest thou with for thy blacks?-- Wert thou well used?-- I shall want a plaguy parcel of them. For I intend to make every soul of the family mourn-- Outside, if not in.

    Lovelace to Belford, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

    January 1, 2008