Definition of Blackener

1. n. One who blackens.

Definition of Blackener

1. Noun. One who blackens. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blackener

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackener

blackcock
blackcocks
blackcurrant
blackcurrants
blackdamp
blackdamps
blacke-saint
blacke sanctus
blacke santis
blacke santus
blacke saunts
blacked
blacken
blacken out
blackened
blackener (current term)
blackeners
blackenest
blackeneth
blackening
blackenings
blackens
blacker
blackest
blackey
blackeye
blackeyed
blackeyes
blackeys
blackface

Literary usage of Blackener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Process Engraving: Formulas, Equipment and Methods of Working by Edward S. Pilsworth (1922)
"The blackener I To test 40 on hydrometer. Water I Nitrate of Silver 1 Cutting and Clearing. The plate is bleached as with mercury, and well washed and ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"... namely—a pigment factor, P, a blackener, B, and a mottled pattern, M. If all of these characters behaved according to the simple Mendelian method, ..."

3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"RAMONEURS' Brim-blackener. I do not •"«commend for this purpose the eye-brow grease-paint used by esses, as this has a tendency to come off in a shower, ..."

4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"blackener, (blak'-kn-er) ni He who blackens any thing. BLACKISH, (blak'-ish) a. Somewhat black. BLACKLY, (blak'-'ie) ad. Darkly, in colour ; atrociously. ..."

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