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Soil type; fertile black-coloured soil
(/ˈtʃɜːrnəzɛm/ CHUR-nə-zem), also called black soil, black earth, dark earth, regur soil or black cotton soil, is a black-colored soil containing a high percentage
Chernozem
Topics referred to by the same term
Black soil may refer to: Chernozem, fertile black soils found in eastern Europe, Russia, India and the Canadian prairies Muck (soil), a soil made up primarily
Black_soil
Houston black soil extends over 1,500,000 acres (6,100 km2) of the Texas blackland prairies and is the Texas state soil. The series is composed of expansive
Houston_black_(soil)
seven soil deposits in India. They are alluvial soil, black soil, red soil, laterite soil, or arid soil, and forest and mountainous soil, marsh soil. These
Major_soil_deposits_of_India
Earth, a natural material
plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil. Soil consists
Soil
Very dark, fertile Amazonian anthropogenic soil
literally "black earth" in Portuguese), also known as Amazonian dark earth or Indian black earth, is a type of very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil (anthrosol)
Terra_preta
2007 film
With a Girl of Black Soil (Korean: 검은 땅의 소녀와; French: La Petite Fille de la terre noire), is a 2007 South Korean-French drama film co-written and directed
With_a_Girl_of_Black_Soil
Species of lizard
Australian agamid lizard. It may also be called the pygmy bearded dragon , black-soiled bearded dragon or downs bearded dragon. The specific epithet, henrylawsoni
Rankin's_dragon
Soil region in Russia
Central Black Earth Oblast, with the centre in Voronezh. The Black Earth Region is famous for its high-quality chernozem (Russian for 'black earth') soil. Although
Central_Black_Earth_Region
1899 painting by George Washington Lambert
Across the Black Soil Plains is an 1899 painting by Australian artist George Washington Lambert. The landscape depicts a team of draft horses pulling a
Across_the_Black_Soil_Plains
Social history in the southeastern US
known as the Black Belt, named for the highly fertile black soil, and the history of the region regarding slavery. Historically, the Black Belt economy
Black Belt in the American South
Black_Belt_in_the_American_South
Musical artist
also collaborated with his brother, who performs under the stage name Black Soil, releasing the singles Let It Burn and Alleys of My Mind. On March 21
Carpetman
Region of Alabama originally named for black topsoil
5775139 The Black Belt is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama. The term originally referred to the region's rich, black soil, much of it in the soil order
Black Belt (region of Alabama)
Black_Belt_(region_of_Alabama)
Ability of a soil to sustain agricultural plant growth
Soil fertility refers to the ability of soil to sustain agricultural plant growth, i.e. to provide plant habitat and result in sustained and consistent
Soil_fertility
soil Black soil: gravelly soil, loose, black soil, basalt deposits Lateritic soils: Lateritic gravelly soil, Lateritic soil Black soils: Deep black soil
Geography_of_Karnataka
Soil health and biosecurity researcher
Amanda Black is a New Zealand soil chemist who, as of 2023, is a full professor at Lincoln University. She specializes in soil health and biosecurity
Amanda_Black_(soil_chemist)
Darkest color
oxide. For the ancient Egyptians, black had positive associations; being the color of fertility and the rich black soil flooded by the Nile. It was the
Black
Precursor to the Republican Party in the United States
The Free Soil Party, renamed the Free Democracy in 1852, was a political party in the United States from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican
Free_Soil_Party
Origin of the Indian state's name
The region was popularly referred to as 'kar nata’ literally meaning black soiled county in Indian history. However, historically, the names Karnatak or
Etymology_of_Karnataka
City in Gujarat, India
distinctive colour of its soil (which is also ideal for cotton cultivation), Bharuch is sometimes referred to as 'Kanam Pradesham' (black-soil land).[citation needed]
Bharuch
Province of China
vast tracts of black soil (chernozem), one of the most fertile soil types. Since the early 20th century, cultivation in the black soil belt has expanded
Heilongjiang
Morphological property of soil
about soil organic matter content, mineralogy, moisture, and leaching. Soil can display a wide range of colors including brown, red, yellow, black, gray
Soil_color
Geographical region
is one of the country's most important breadbaskets due to its fertile black soil, producing over 20% of China's total staple food production in 2020. It
Northeast_China
Eurasian sea northeast of the Mediterranean
surrounding the Black Sea is commonly referred to as the Black Sea Region. Its northern part lies within the Chernozem belt (black soil belt) which goes
Black_Sea
Cricket stadium complex in Bihar, India
surface is nearly ready, with high-quality red soil from Maharashtra used for the main pitch and black soil from Mokama for seven auxiliary pitches; grass
Rajgir International Cricket Stadium
Rajgir_International_Cricket_Stadium
District of Madhya Pradesh in India
famous. Soil and cropping pattern :- The first and the most predominant black cotton soil known as kalmat (black soil) or chikat-kali (deep black) are highly
Rajgarh_district
Species of scorpion
scrubland and veld with stones, red and black soil in cropland, loamy, grassy and stony hillslopes and -tops, black soil in mango orchards, Eucalyptus plantations
Hottentotta_tamulus
City in Karnataka, India
left bank canal. Most of the land in the field is composed of cultivable black soil. Paddy is cultivated using the Tungabhadra River water. sindhanur is also
Sindhnur_(Rural)
different soil types. In general classification, eight major types of soil are found in Kerala: coastal alluvial soil, laterite soil, black soil, forest
Soil_types_in_Kerala
Communities of living organisms on the soil surface in arid and semi-arid ecosystems
called black fungi or black yeasts. Fungal hyphae can bind soil particles together. Green algae in soil crusts are present just below the soil surface
Biological_soil_crust
Species of lizard
Ctenotus schevilli, the black-soil rises ctenotus, is a species of skink found in Queensland in Australia. Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Amey, A.; Hobson, R. (2018)
Ctenotus_schevilli
River in Zambia
some lagoons and permanently swampy areas), and drying out to a clayey black soil in the dry season. The Kafue Flats are the third major wildlife area of
Kafue_River
City in Maharashtra, India
Kalwan city. Kalwan is situated in the delta of Behadi and Girana river. Black soil and ample water are available for cultivation of cash crops. This significantly
Kalwan_taluka
City in Karnataka, India
on one side by a range of hills, and on the other by a vast plain of black soil.[citation needed] The river Ghataprabha flows from the north side of the
Gokak
Topics referred to by the same term
news, technique, and notable individuals Black Belt in the American South, a region of highly fertile black soil in the American South that was the center
Black_Belt
New England soil series
the state soil of Massachusetts. Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts. Paxton soils are in the Inceptisol soil order of soil taxonomy
Paxton_(soil)
Clay-rich soil, prone to cracking
A vertisol is a Soil Order in the USDA soil taxonomy and a Reference Soil Group in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is also defined
Vertisol
Ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome
disaster in which winds picked up the dry, unprotected prairie soil and formed it into "black blizzards" of airborne dirt that blackened the skies for days
Prairie
Nature reserve in Kursk Oblast, Russia
"Central Black Soil") is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict ecological reserve) that protects for scientific study a collection of selected sites of black soil prairie
Central Black Earth Nature Reserve
Central_Black_Earth_Nature_Reserve
Town in Karnataka, India
These soils, in turn, can be grouped into seven categories, viz., shallow black soil, medium black soil, deep to very black soil, mixed red & black soil, red
Hukeri
Region of southeastern Romania
the eastern part of the Wallachian Plain. The region is known for its black soil and a rich humus, and is mostly a cereal-growing area. It is bounded on
Bărăgan_Plain
River in Kimberley region of Western Australia
Secretary of the Nomenclature Advisory Committee wrote: "'Cununurra'...means 'Black Soil'. It is the native name for Ord River. Perhaps it may be the native name
Ord_River
Natural phenomenon occurring in Egypt since ancient times
simply “black,” for the color of the sediments it carried and deposited as fertile black soils on the floodplains of the Nile Delta. The mud's black color
Flooding_of_the_Nile
Soil type
Myakka soil is the official state soil of Florida, which has more than 1,500,000 acres (6,100 km2) of land composed partly or entirely of Myakka soils, out
Myakka_(soil)
City in Karnataka, India
left bank canal. Most of the land in the field is composed of cultivable black soil. Paddy is cultivated using the Tungabhadra River water. Sindhanur is also
Sindhanur
Human settlement in Koppal district, Gulbarga Division, Karnataka, India
Gajendragad to the West, Hospet to the South and Sindhanur to the East. Red and black soil can be found in this taluk. A big lake 4km away from the city is the main
Kushtagi
1928–1934 unit of Russia
область, romanized: Tsentral'no-Chernozyomnaya oblast', lit. 'Central-Black soil Oblast') was an administrative-territorial unit (oblast) of the Russian
Central_Black_Earth_Oblast
Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Köthen–Aschersleben railways. Köthen is situated in a fertile area with rich black soil suitable to the cultivation of sugar-beets. Industry includes high-tech
Köthen
Species of flowering plant
to Montana. It is found in a broad variety of habitats, such as moist black soil prairies, openings in moist to mesic woodlands, savannas, thickets, limestone
Zizia_aurea
Process of soil formation
Soil formation, also known as pedogenesis, is the process of soil genesis as regulated by the effects of place, environment, and history. Biogeochemical
Soil_formation
Town in Tamil Nadu, India
located in the bank of Vaippar river. Sattur/Saathur taluk has contents of black soil around the town, suitable for crop cultivation. The town lies in NH 44
Sattur
Town in New South Wales, Australia
economy is based on agriculture, with broadacre farming dominant on the black soil plains to the west and livestock grazing in the hilly eastern part of
Quirindi
City in Madhya Pradesh, India
architecture. The first and the most predominant black cotton soil known as kalmat (black soil) or chikat-kali (deep black) are highly fertile with great power of
Rajgarh,_Madhya_Pradesh
Region of the US state of Alabama
Central Alabama is relatively a flat region with fertile black soil called the Black Belt. The Black Warrior River and its tributaries contribute to the fertile
Central_Alabama
District of Karnataka in India
district is very rich in cultural traditions. The vast stretch of fertile black soil of the district is known for bumper red gram and jowar crops. The district
Yadgir_district
Culinary traditions of Moldova
all of which have found their uses in the national cuisine. The fertile black soil combined with the use of traditional agricultural methods permits the
Moldovan_cuisine
Typical soils of coniferous or boreal forests
spodosols, or espodossolos, are the typical soils of coniferous or boreal forests and also the typical soils of eucalypt forests and heathlands in southern
Podzol
City in Madhya Pradesh, India
district has rich black soil which is very fertile and heavy and useful for farming. Black Domat soil, smooth soil, rocky soil, and sandy soils are there in
Narsinghpur
Town in Tamil Nadu, India
annual rainfall is 501.40 mm. Black and red soil types are found in the town containing alumina and gypsum. While black soil area is utilized for agriculture
Udumalaipettai
Lightweight black residue, made of carbon and ashes, after pyrolysis of biomass
sometimes modified, that is intended for organic use, as in soil. It is the lightweight black remnants remaining after the pyrolysis of biomass, consisting
Biochar
Town in New South Wales, Australia
is located on the banks of the Mehi River, in the centre of the rich black-soil plains. It is situated in the Moree Plains Shire. The Newell and Gwydir
Moree,_New_South_Wales
Topics referred to by the same term
humus-rich soil Black earth, the English translation of the Portuguese terra preta, or terra prêta do índio, very dark soils found in the Amazon Basin Black Earth
Black_earth
South Korean filmmaker (born 1959)
Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells (Himalayaeui sonyowa) 2007: With a Girl of Black Soil (Geomen tangyi sonyeo oi) 2006: Time Between Dog and Wolf (Gae oi neckdae
Jeon_Soo-il
Organic matter in soils resulting from decay of plant and animal materials
detritus, dead animals and microbes (necromass), excreta of all soil organisms, and also black carbon resulting from past fires. The composition of humus varies
Humus
for agriculture. Black soils are moisture-retentive and are preferred for dry farming and growing cotton, linseed, etc. Forest soils are used for tea
Geography_of_India
colour and resistivity. Soil texture is determined by the relative proportion of the three kinds of soil mineral particles, called soil separates: sand, silt
Physical_properties_of_soil
Coastal Plain in the Southern United States and Eastern Mexico
extension and worn down to a flat inner lowland of rich black soil, thus gaining the name of the black belt. The lowland is enclosed by an upland or escarpment
Gulf_Coastal_Plain
Solid carbon stored in global soils
Soil carbon is the solid carbon stored in global soils. This includes both soil organic matter, derived from plant, animal, and microbial tissues, and
Soil_carbon
South Korean actress (born 1999)
as a child actress, notably in Jeon Soo-il's indie film With a Girl of Black Soil (2007), for which she received the Best Actress award at the Marrakech
Yoo_Yeon-mi
Cultural region of the United States
characterized by very rich black soil that supported cotton plantations, is a geological formation known as the Black Belt. The Black Belt has since become
Deep_South
Surname list
Amanda Black (born 1993), South African singer and songwriter Amanda Black (epidemiologist), Northern Irish epidemiologist Amanda Black (soil chemist)
Black_(surname)
Pest control method
Soil solarization is a non-chemical environmentally friendly method for controlling pests using solar power to increase the soil temperature to levels
Soil_solarization
Aboriginal Australian people
type of "black soil" with -jali meaning "people" and thus means "Black Earth People". Their country was typified by the abundance of black soil. The Mununjali
Mununjali_clan
Chemical process produced by soil and the organisms within it
Soil respiration refers to the production of carbon dioxide when soil organisms respire. This includes respiration of plant roots, the rhizosphere, microbes
Soil_respiration
District in Karnataka, India
types of soils noticed in the district are black soils and lateritic soils. Black soils: Major parts of the district are made up of black soils derived
Bidar_district
Species of lettuce
Illinois. It grows in moist to dry habitats in a variety of soil types, include black soil, clay, and gravel prairies. Lactuca canadensis can be found
Lactuca_canadensis
Town in Punjab, Pakistan
clay soil, which is extensively used in the construction of cricket pitches across Pakistan and abroad. The soil, often referred to as "black soil," has
Nandipur
District in Karnataka, India
region but are non perennial. Soil in the area can be categorised as either the majority black or minority red. Black soil retains moisture and is often
Bagalkot_district
1935 dust storm in Oklahoma
storm's effects were also felt in surrounding areas. Drought, erosion, bare soil, and winds caused the dust to fly freely and at high speeds. The term "Dust
Black_Sunday_(storm)
Wetland in Zambia
some lagoons and permanently swampy areas), and drying out to a clayey black soil in the dry season. The Kafue Flats stretch for approximately 240 km (150 mi)
Kafue_Flats
Study of the interaction of soil and life
Soil ecology studies interactions among soil organisms and their environment. It is a branch of ecology particularly concerned with the cycling of nutrients
Soil_ecology
River in Tamil Nadu, India
and sandy soil is found in select rocky areas. Black soil occurs areas around Andipatti, and lateritic soil is found in the slopes of the Palani Hills and
Vaigai_River
Music genre
folk songs were conducted by Dnipropetrovsk National University staff. Black soil is turned upside down (Ukrainian: Чорна рілля ізорана) – included in the
Cossack_songs
2007 Italian film festival edition
by the Lake Best Actress: Valeria Solarino for Valzer With the Girl of Black Soil by Soo-il Jeon Atonement by Joe Wright The Darjeeling Limited by Wes Anderson
64th Venice International Film Festival
64th_Venice_International_Film_Festival
Species of lizard
Ctenotus joanae, also known commonly as the blacksoil ctenotus and the black-soil ctenotus, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the
Ctenotus_joanae
Mughal garden complex in Lahore, Pakistan
words, 'shali' (lit. Rice paddy) and 'mar' (lit. Black loamy soil), giving its meaning as 'black soil for growing rice paddy'. During a debate in the court
Shalamar_Gardens,_Lahore
Fine grained natural soil
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4). Most
Clay
Terrestrial ecoregion in eastern Europe
European Forest-Steppe. (Area: 21 km²) Central Black Earth Nature Reserve, a scattered-site reserve of black-soil prairie set aside for scientific study . (Area:
East_European_forest_steppe
The soil matrix is the solid phase of soils, and comprise the solid particles that make up soils. Soil particles can be classified by their chemical composition
Soil_matrix
City in Karnataka, India
elevation of 606 metres (1988 ft). The district has two types of soil. The first is "deep black soil" (or yeari bhoomi), which is good for the crops like jawar
Bijapur
The soils of the Dogu'a Tembien woreda (district) in Tigray (Ethiopia) reflect its longstanding agricultural history, highly seasonal rainfall regime
Soil_in_Dogu'a_Tembien
Highly venomous snake native to Australia
to northeastern Western Australia. It lives in tussock grasslands on black soil, retreating into earth crevices. Ingram's brown snake eats small birds
Ingram's_brown_snake
Pastoral lease in Western Australia
Consolidated Pastoral Company.[citation needed] The alluvial flats and black soil plains support rich stands of couch and buffel, which make good grazing
Carlton_Hill_Station
Archaeological term
materials. In some areas it appears to give the soil added fertility. London's dark earth was originally called 'black earth' by archaeologists. It was renamed
Dark_earth
Archaeological site in Lebanon
5 mi) south of Sidon, northeast of Ain Kantarah in Lebanon. The area of black soil around 600 metres (2,000 ft) by 30 metres (98 ft) was found by Godefroy
Akbiyeh
District of Tamil Nadu in India
district. Black soil is the predominant soil type in this district accounting for 35.51% followed by laterite soil for 23.85% of the total soil cover. The
Karur_district
Growing for human consumption
for market". Such farms are sometimes called muck farms, after the dark black soil in which vegetables grow well. Vegetables which are farmed include: Fabaceae
Vegetable_farming
Coastal plain Eastern India
Baitarani, and Subarnarekha. The region consists of fertile red and black soil interspersed with gneiss and sandstone rock formations formed during the
Eastern_Coastal_Plains
Town municipality in Telangana, India
ample supply of it, sustaining a farming industry exploiting its fertile, black soil. The major crops are cotton, maize, and Jowar, and there are also many
Parigi,_Vikarabad_district
City in Maharashtra, India
medium deep grayish black soil are found in the hill area and deep black soils are found in the basins of Surya river. Coastal saline soil occurs along the
Boisar
BLACK SOIL
BLACK SOIL
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English bakke ‘back’ (Old English bæc), hence a nickname for someone with a hunched back or some other noticeable peculiarity of the back or spine, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or ridge, or at the rear of a settlement.English : from the Old English personal name Bacca, which was still in use in the 12th century. It is of uncertain origin, but may have been a byname in the same sense as 1.English : nickname from Middle English bakke ‘bat’ (apparently of Scandinavian origin), from some fancied resemblance to the animal.Altered spelling of Bach 1, 2, or 6.North German : from Middle Low German back ‘kneading trough’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used such vessels.Americanized spelling of Norwegian Bakk(e) (see Bakke).
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lake.North German : variant of Laack.Hungarian : from a short form of the personal name László (see Laszlo).
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek American
Black.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Dark; Dark Skinned
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name Clac, which is from Old English Clacc or the Old Norse cognate Klakkr. As a personal name this is from a word meaning ‘lump’ and may have been used as a nickname for a large or thickset man. Reaney suggests that it could also be from clacker ‘chatterer’.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or dark-haired man.Scottish and English : from Old English blÄc ‘pale’, ‘fair’, i.e. precisely the opposite meaning to 1, and a variant of Blake 2. Blake and Black are found more or less interchangeably in several surnames and place names.English : variant of Blanc as a Norman name. The pronunciation of the nasalized vowel gave considerable difficulty to English speakers, and its quality was often ignored.Scottish and Irish : translation of various names from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff).Danish and Swedish : generally, probably the English and Scottish name, but in some cases perhaps a variant spelling of Blak, a nickname from blak ‘black’.In some cases, a translation of various names meaning ‘black’, for example German and Jewish Schwarz.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Boy/Male
Czechoslovakian
Black.
Boy/Male
English
Dark.
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, German, Latin, Swedish
Jet Black; Black Germ; Jet-black Gemstone; Coal Black
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek
Black.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly from Middle English bleik, blek(e) ‘pallid’, ‘sallow’ (from Old Norse bleikr ‘pale’) with alteration of the vowel, although Reaney suggests it may be a nickname derived from Middle English blikie(n) ‘to shine or gleam’ (from Old English blīcian).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : origin uncertain; possibly from German Blick or Yiddish blik ‘glance’, ‘look’, and based on some now irrecoverable anecdote.German : Prussian variant of Blek, a nickname from Middle High German blic ‘shine’.German : short form of the Low German occupational name Blickslager ‘tinsmith’. Compare Bleck.German : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Bligger, Blickhart, based on blic ‘gleam’, ‘shine’, later ‘pale’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : nickname for an idle person, from Middle Dutch slac, Middle English slack, ‘lazy’, ‘careless’.English : topographic name from northern Middle English slack ‘shallow valley’ (Old Norse slakki), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word, for example near Stainland and near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.Scottish (Dumfriesshire) : habitational name, maybe from Slake or Slack in Roberton, Roxburghshire (now part of Borders region).It may also be an Americanized spelling of Slovenian Slak, a nickname from slak ‘bindweed’.
Boy/Male
Native American
Black.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek
Black.
Boy/Male
British, English
White
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably from Middle English flack, flak ‘turf’, ‘sod’ (as found in the place name Flatmoor, in Cambridgeshire), and hence perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a turf cutter.North German : topographic name probably derived from a lost word denoting stagnant water.
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek American
Black.
BLACK SOIL
BLACK SOIL
Boy/Male
Arabic
Flute
Boy/Male
Muslim
Preacher. Advisor.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Lord Hanuman
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Morning Light
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Friend for Ever
Male
English
 Variant spelling of English unisex Jordie, JORDI means "flowing down." Compare with another form of Jordi.
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Lord of the Isle of Glass.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Wind
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Wise
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Love; Pyar; Never Shortage of Money; Popular
BLACK SOIL
BLACK SOIL
BLACK SOIL
BLACK SOIL
BLACK SOIL
a.
Black as pitch or tar.
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.
a.
Black as jet; deep black.
n.
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
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.
As black as coal; jet black; very black.
n.
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
a.
Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.
n.
A black pigment or dye.
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
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.
n.
The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
a.
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
a.
To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
a.
Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
a.
Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.
a.
Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day.
n. pl.
Black garments, etc. See Black, n., 4.
a.
Having black eyes.