Vocabulary : Black bass to Black lead
Black bass : An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the large-mouthed is M. salmoides. ;; The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.Black book : One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents. ;; A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. ;; A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution. ;; A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III. ;; A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies. ;; Any book which treats of necromancy.
Black death : A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.
Black Flags : An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities with Anam, 1873-85.
Black friar : A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
