2. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
BLACKBAND
Black"band`, n. (Min.)
Defn: An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter; — valuable as an iron ore.
BLACK BASS
Black" bass`. (Zoöl.)
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.
BLACKBERRY Black"ber*ry, n. Etym: [OE. blakberye, AS. blæcerie; blæc black + berie berry.]
Defn: The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R. villosus and R. Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.
BLACKBIRD
Black"bird, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelæus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.