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Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl["a]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]

  1. 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.

    O night, with hue so black!
    --Shak.

  2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.

    I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
    --Shak.

  3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. ``This day's black fate.'' ``Black villainy.'' ``Arise, black vengeance.'' ``Black day.'' ``Black despair.''
    --Shak.

  4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.

    Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words; as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired, black-visaged.

    Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been called black acts.

    Black angel (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida ( Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow, and the middle of the body black.

    Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony, Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.

    Black bear (Zo["o]l.), the common American bear ( Ursus Americanus).

    Black beast. See B[^e]te noire.

    Black beetle (Zo["o]l.), the common large cockroach ( Blatta orientalis).

    Black bonnet (Zo["o]l.), the black-headed bunting ( Embriza Sch[oe]niclus) of Europe.

    Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a species of caterpillar.

    Black cat (Zo["o]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.

    Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]

    Black cherry. See under Cherry.

    Black cockatoo (Zo["o]l.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.

    Black copper. Same as Melaconite.

    Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.

    Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.

    Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of senna and magnesia.

    Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.

    Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color.
    --Woodward.

    Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.

    Black flea (Zo["o]l.), a flea beetle ( Haltica nemorum) injurious to turnips.

    Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter.
    --Brande & C.

    Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient Hercynian forest.

    Black game, or Black grouse. (Zo["o]l.) See Blackcock, Grouse, and Heath grouse.

    Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species Juncus Gerardi, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.

    Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or pepperidge. See Tupelo.

    Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of dark purple or ``black'' grape.

    Black horse (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley ( Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the Missouri sucker.

    Black lemur (Zo["o]l.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the acoumbo of the natives.

    Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See Blacklist, v. t.

    Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese, MnO2.

    Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried to or from jail.

    Black martin (Zo["o]l.), the chimney swift. See Swift.

    Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the southern United States. See Tillandsia.

    Black oak. See under Oak.

    Black ocher. See Wad.

    Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance, or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.

    Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned.
    --Knight.

    Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.

    Black rat (Zo["o]l.), one of the species of rats ( Mus rattus), commonly infesting houses.

    Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.

    Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.

    Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the rest, and makes trouble.

    Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.

    Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of dogs.

    Black tea. See under Tea.

    Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed, stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand.
    --Knight.

    Black walnut. See under Walnut.

    Black warrior (Zo["o]l.), an American hawk ( Buteo Harlani).

    Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart; Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.

Wikipedia
Black List (L.A. Guns album)

Black List is the second of two L.A. Guns compilation albums featuring their third singer Paul Black. Most of this material is previously unreleased.

Black List (1972 film)

Black List is a 1972 Hong Kong film.

Black List (Alex Chilton album)

Black List is an E.P. by the American pop-rock musician Alex Chilton, released in 1989.

The E.P. included three Chilton originals and three cover versions. These were a cover of Ronny & the Daytonas' "Little G.T.O." on which Chilton played all the instruments; a version of Frank Sinatra's "Nice 'n' Easy", and a song penned by country blues musician Furry Lewis.

Black List was re-released in 2004 on a compilation CD together with Chilton's High Priest album.

Black List (survey)

The Black List is an annual survey of the "most liked" motion picture screenplays not yet produced. It has been published every year since 2005 on the second Friday of December by Franklin Leonard, a development executive who subsequently worked at Universal Pictures and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment. The website states that these are not necessarily "the best" screenplays, but rather "the most liked", since it is based on a survey of studio and production company executives.

Of the approximately 1000 screenplays The Black List has included since 2005, nearly a third have been later produced as theatrical films, including successful and award-winning examples such as Argo, American Hustle, Juno, The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire, Spotlight and The Revenant. The produced films have all together grossed well over $25.54 billion, and have been nominated for 241 Academy Awards and 205 Golden Globe Awards, winning 48 and 40, respectively. As of the 88th Academy Awards, four of the last eight best picture Oscars went to scripts featured on a previous Black List, as well as ten of the last 20 screenwriting Oscars ( Original and Adapted Screenplays). In addition, writers whose scripts are listed often find that they are more readily hired for other jobs, even if their listed screenplays still have not been produced, such as Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, two of the writers of the Oscar-winning screenplay of The Descendants, who had an earlier screenplay make the list. Slate columnist David Haglund has written that the list's reputation as a champion for "beloved but challenging" works has been overstated, since "these are screenplays that are already making the Hollywood rounds. And while, as a rule, they have not yet been produced, many of them are already in production."

Black List (1995 film)

Black List is a 1995 Canadian thriller film. It was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, written by Sylvain Guy and produced by Marcel Giroux. Black List stars Michel Côté, Geneviève Brouillette, Sylvie Bourque, André Champagne and Aubert Pallascio.

Usage examples of "black list".

And you rest easy in the knowledge that you're not on anyone's black list.

Domanova was scanning the crowd, mentally noting who was present and who was not, amending his black list accordingly.