n. pl. 1. The name of a kind of in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine press. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Soot flying in the air. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Black garments, etc. See Black, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blacksalter

n. One who makes crude potash, or black salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blacksmith

n. [ Black (in allusion to the color of the metal) + smith. Cf. Whitesmith. ] 1. A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blacksmith may forge what he pleases. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis, or Heliastes punctipinnis), of a blackish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blacksnake

{ it>or }, n. (Zool.) A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is also applied to various other black serpents, as Natrix atra of Jamaica. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blackstrap

n. 1. A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

No blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop. Judd. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

australian blacksnake

(n) large semiaquatic snake of Australia; black above with red belly, Syn. Pseudechis porphyriacus

blacksburg

(n) a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains

blackshirt

(n) a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II

blacksmith

(n) a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil

blacksnake

(n) blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet, Syn. Coluber constrictor, black racer

black rat snake

(n) large harmless shiny black North American snake, Syn. pilot blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, blacksnake, Elaphe obsoleta

smut grass

(n) grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus, Syn. Sporobolus poiretii, carpet grass, blackseed

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

铁匠

[铁匠 / 鐵匠, tiě jiang] blacksmith #28267

布莱克史密斯

[布莱克史密斯 / 布萊克史密斯, Bù lái kè shǐ mì sī] Blacksmith (name)

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

鍛冶;鍛治(iK)

[かじ;たんや;かぬち, kaji ; tanya ; kanuchi] (n) smithing; blacksmith #14424

ふいご祭;ふいご祭り;鞴祭;鞴祭り

[ふいごまつり, fuigomatsuri] (n) Bellows Festival (festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray)

オキナヒメジ

[okinahimeji] (n) blackspot goatfish (Parupeneus spilurus)

キビレボウズハギ

[kibirebouzuhagi] (n) slender unicorn (Naso minor, species of Indo-West Pacific tang found from Mozambique to the Philippines); blackspine unicornfish; little unicorn

クロモンツキ

[kuromontsuki] (n) epaulette surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricauda, Indo-Pacific species of tang); blackstreak surgeonfish

シマスズメダイ

[shimasuzumedai] (n) blackspot sergeant (Abudefduf sordidus)

ナガサキトラザメ

[nagasakitorazame] (n) blackspotted catshark (Halaelurus buergeri, found in the Northwest Pacific)

ブラックスポットホッグフィッシュ

[burakkusupottohoggufisshu] (n) blackspot hogfish (Bodianus opercularis); candystripe hogfish

ブラックスミス

[burakkusumisu] (n) blacksmith (Chromis punctipinnis); blacksmith chromis

ホシゴンベ

[hoshigonbe] (n) blackside hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri)