Vocabulary : Black letter to Black wash

Black letter : The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
Black Monday : Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold. ;; The first Monday after the holidays; -- so called by English schoolboys.
Black monk : A Benedictine monk.
Black pudding : A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal.
Black Rod : the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords. ;; An usher in the legislature of British colonies.

Black salts : Crude potash.
Black snake : Alt. of Blacksnake
Black Spanish : One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.
Black vomit : A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.
Black wash : Alt. of Blackwash

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