Of the color of night; destitute of light; dark.

Darkened by clouds; as the heavens black with clouds.

Sullen; having a cloudy look or countenance.

Atrociously wicked; horrible; as a black deed or crime.

Dismal; mournful; calamitous. Black and blue, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue.

That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.

A negro; a person whose skin is black.

A black dress, or mourning; as, to be clothed in black.

To make black; to blacken; to soil.