Word Meanings - BLACKHOLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air. A discipline of unlimited autocracy, upheld by rods, and ferules, and the black hole. H. Spencer.

• BLACKHAND
  A Spanish anarchistic society, many of the members of which were imprisoned in 1883. 2. A lawless or blackmailing secret society, esp. among Italians.
• Blackish
  Somewhat black.
• NIGHTEYED
  Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed. "Your night-eyed Tiberius." B. Jonson.
• Black-mouthed
  Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
• Black wash
  Alt. of Blackwash
• Englishman
  A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.
• Nightdress
  A nightgown.
• Nightshade
  A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous.
• Blackband
  An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter; -- valuable as an iron ore.
• Black-eyed
  Having black eyes.
• Black-faced
  Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
• BLACKHEARTED
  Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
• Black-jack
  A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende.
• NIGHTFARING
  Going or traveling in the night. Gay.
• Blackness
  The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.
• Blackwash
  A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.
• Englishry
  The state or privilege of being an Englishman.
• Nighted
  Darkness; clouded.
• Nightshirt
  A kind of nightgown for men.

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