3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.
Syn. -- To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.
Black"en, v. i. To grow black or dark.
Black"en*er (&?;), n. One who blackens.
Black"-eyed` (&?;), a. Having black eyes. Dryden.
Black"-faced` (&?;), a. Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
Black"feet` (&?;), n. pl. (Ethn.) A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers.
Black"fin` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) See Bluefin.
Black"fish (&?;), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.