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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Black \Black\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blacked}; p. pr & vb n. {Blacking}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf {Blacken}.] 1. To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully. They have their teeth blacked, both men and women, for they say a dog hath his teeth white, therefore they will black theirs --Hakluyt. Sins which black thy soul. --J. Fletcher. 2. To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blacking \Black"ing\, n. 1. Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves. 2. The act or process of making black. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blacking n : a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear [syn: {shoe polish}]
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