black - English dictionary definition

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1. Black  To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
2. Black  To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
3. Black  The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.
4. Black  An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the large-mouthed is M. salmoides.
5. Black  The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.
6. Black  One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents.
7. Black  A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc.
8. Black  A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution.
9. Black  A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III.
10. Black  A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies.