Black"coat` (&?;), n. A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.
Black"cock` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); - - so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse.
Black" death` (&?;). A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.
Black"en (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackened (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Blackening.] [See Black, a., and cf. Black, v. t. ] 1. To make or render black.
While the long funerals blacken all the way.
Pope.