destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.-in a less literal sense: enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.-fig.: dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.-expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.-sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.-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 black pigment or dye.-a negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain african races.-a black garment or dress; as, she wears black-mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.-the part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.-a stain; a spot; a smooch.-to make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.-to make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.