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- Blacks - n. pl. - The name of a kind of in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine press.
- Blacks - n. pl. - Soot flying in the air.
- Blacks - n. pl. - Black garments, etc. See Black, n., 4.
- Blacksalter - n. - One who makes crude potash, or black salts.
- Blacksmith - n. - A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc.
- Blacksmith - n. - A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis, / Heliastes, punctipinnis), of a blackish color.
- Blacksnake - n. - A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long.
- Blackstrap - n. - A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
- Blackstrap - n. - Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.
- Bootblack - n. - One who blacks boots.
- Boots - n. - A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.