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Word Meanings - NEGRESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A black woman; a female negro.

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  • FEMALE
    A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant. (more info) 1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or
  • BLACK LETTER
    The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
  • BLACKEN
    Etym: 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens
  • BLACKWATER STATE
    Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.
  • BLACK FLAGS
    An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their
  • BLACK-JACK
    A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; - - called also false galena. See Blende. 2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. 3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc.
  • BLACK LEAD
    Plumbago; graphite.It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.
  • WOMANLY
    Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot. A blushing, womanly discovering grace. Donne.
  • BLACK HOLE
    A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which
  • BLACK FRIDAY
    Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred, as: In England, December 6, 1745, when the news of the landing of the Pretender reached London, or May 11, 1866, when a financial panic commenced. In the United States, September 24, 1869, and
  • BLACK BASS
    1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the largemouthed is M. salmoides. 2. The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.
  • BLACK-FACED
    Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
  • BLACK
    1. To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully. They have their teeth blacked, both men and women, for they say a dog hath his teeth white, therefore they will black theirs. Hakluyt. Sins which black thy soul. J. Fletcher. 2. To make black and
  • BLACKFOOT
    Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian. -- n.
  • BLACKLEG
    1. A notorious gambler. 2. A disease among calves and sheep, characterized by a settling of gelatinous matter in the legs, and sometimes in the neck.
  • WOMANHEAD; WOMANHEDE
    Womanhood. Chaucer.
  • BLACK-EYED SUSAN
    The coneflower, or yellow daisy . The bladder ketmie.
  • BLACKBOARD
    A broad board painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.
  • BLACKCOCK
    The male of the European black grouse ; - - so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse.
  • BLACKWOOD
    A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia. Balfour.
  • AIRWOMAN
    A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.
  • FRANKFORT BLACK
    . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
  • ENGLISHWOMAN
    Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
  • MAGNASE BLACK
    A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body. Fairholt.
  • UNWOMAN
    To deprive of the qualities of a woman; to unsex. R. Browning.
  • NOBLEWOMAN
    A female of noble rank; a peeress.
  • SHOEBLACK
    One who polishes shoes.
  • JET-BLACK
    Black as jet; deep black.
  • BONDSWOMAN
    See BONDWOMAN
  • BRUNSWICK BLACK
    See BLACK

 

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