Of the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, or a small hole in a hollow object; designating…

Pale; also (by confusion of forms) black, dark.

Black. (In quots. with reference to a sauce served with poultry.)

Heraldry. Of a black colour; black.

adj. Of the colour of ebony; black, dark, sombre.

Black or dark (literally or figuratively).

Of colour: Burned, blackened with burning.

Coloured black.

Dark in colour; blackish.

Black; (Botany) turning black with age.

Having a black base or butt (butt, n.6).

Black.

In extended use: black or dark in colour. Obsolete.

Black.

Black.