Crossword clues for black spot
Wiktionary
n. 1 A fungus disease among plants, particularly roses, that results in black spots on the leaf. 2 A section of roadway that has been designated as being particularly accident-prone. 3 A fictional judicial device among pirates, consisting of a black circle indicating condemned. 4 (context snooker English) The spot on a snooker table where the black ball is normally placed.
WordNet
n. any of several fungous diseases of plants that produce small black spots on the plant
Wikipedia
The Black Spot is a literary device invented by Robert Louis Stevenson for his novel Treasure Island. In the book, pirates are presented with a "black spot" to officially pronounce a verdict of guilt or judgment. It consists of a circular piece of paper or card, with one side blackened while the other side bears a message and placed in the hand of the accused. It was a source of much fear because it meant the pirate was to be deposed as leader, by force if necessary—or else killed outright. In Treasure Island, Billy Bones is much frightened by it but remains determined to outwit his enemies; however, he suffers a stroke caused by the overconsumption of liquor and dies. Later Long John Silver receives the spot, but is calm enough to notice that the paper bearing the spot has been torn out from a Bible, and warns his associates of the ill luck this will bring upon them.
Black Spot or black spot may refer to:
- Black spot, a plant disease caused by a fungus
- Black Spot, also known as diplopstomiasis or fluke, is a disease affecting fish.
- Black Spot (Treasure Island), a literary device in Treasure Island, a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
- A black spot in highway traffic safety administration, is a section of roadway that has been designated as being particularly accident-prone, as in the Black Spot Program from the Australian government.
- An experimental shoe company from Adbusters
- A short Israeli film in the pastiche Yellow Asphalt
- A pair of Black Spot (aircraft) attack aircraft tested in Vietnam by the US Air Force in 1968.
- A black spot with which children in South Asia are marked to protect them from the evil eye
Usage examples of "black spot".
Their eyes were strangely large, and the black spot of the pupil in their white corneas created an unnatural effect.
Yes, there it was in the sky, a black spot against a backdrop of towering, snowy cumulus.
The shadowed entrance to the temple stood before him, a wide black spot in the facade like the hole left by a missing tooth.
See here - this,' he pointed to a black spot in the centre of the map, 'this is Antioch.
I cross'd these columns with thirteen red lines, marking the beginning of each line with the first letter of one of the virtues, on which line, and in its proper column, I might mark, by a little black spot, every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue upon that day.
That black spot is from phaser fire, and over there is the remains of a Cardassian insignia, the only one still even partially visible in the station.
I discovered my admiration that I had not observed any of these illustrious persons at court, the black spot on the forehead being so remarkable a distinction, that I could not have easily overlooked it and it was impossible that his Majesty, a most judicious prince, should not provide himself with a good number of such wise and able counsellors.
Well- I realized that I still had one of the tortoises in my hand, the one that was marked with the large black spot.