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Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.

• Blacklead
  To coat or to polish with black lead.
• Black pudding
  A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal.
• Scaleback
  Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda.
• Blackwork
  Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths.
• Taster
  One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.
• Calliope
  The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.
• BLACKBIRDER
  A slave ship; a slaver. [Colloq.] F. T. Bullen.
• Callous
  Hardened; indurated.
• BLACKMOUTHED
  Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
• Greenback
  One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.
• LARGEHEARTED
  Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.
• Blackbird
  In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbir
• Greenish
  Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.
• Blackfin
  See Bluefin.
• Blackfish
  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.
• Large-acred
  Possessing much land.
• Blackleg
  A notorious gambler.
• Make-game
  An object of ridicule; a butt.

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