2. (Cookery)
Defn: An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
3. The black raspberry.
BLACKCOAT
Black"coat`, n.
Defn: A clergyman; — familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.
BLACKCOCK
Black"cock`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); - - so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse.
BLACK DEATH
Black" death`.
Defn: A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.
BLACKEN
Black"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackening.]
Etym: [See Black, a., and cf. Black, v. t. ]