Vocabulary : Black-a-vised to Blackboard

Black-a-vised : Dark-visaged; swart.
Blackball : A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work. ;; A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words. ;; To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize. ;; To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
Blackballed : of Blackball
Blackballing : of Blackball
Blackband : An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter; -- valuable as an iron ore.

Blackberry : The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R. villosus and R. Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.
Blackbird : In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing. ;; A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called also Kanaka.
Blackbirder : A slave ship; a slaver.
Blackbirding : The act or practice of collecting natives of the islands near Queensland for service on the Queensland sugar plantations.
Blackboard : A broad board painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.

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