Blacking Synonyms & Definitions

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• BlackingDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves.
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Black
(n.) The act or process of making black.

• BlackDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) A stain; a spot; a smooch.
(n.) That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.
(adv.) Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
(n.) A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
(n.) A black pigment or dye.
(a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
(a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
(a.) Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
(a.) Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
(a.) To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
(n.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
(a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
(n.) A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
(n.) The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.