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Definition of Blacks

1. 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.

Definition of Blacks

1. Proper noun. (plural of Black) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of black) ¹

3. Noun. A kind of ink in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press. ¹

4. Noun. (U.K.) Soot flying in the air. ¹

5. Noun. Black garments, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blacks

1. black [v] - See also: black

Medical Definition of Blacks

1. An ethnic group belonging to the negroid race. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blacks

Literary usage of Blacks

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

1. Review of Reviews by Albert Shaw (1897)
"In this strip negroes predominate; and in 1890 it contained 1800000 whites and 2700,- 000 blacks. In the great Upland region the census showed that the ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"Here the author tabulates and discusses the rates of birth and death under various conditions among the blacks and compares them with the corresponding ..."

3. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"A very few, generally of the more modest and well-behaved, blacks voted with the ... Those whites who consorted with the blacks were to a great extent ..."

4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1895)
"At a gathering of free blacks held in the Bethel Church a remonstrance was drawn up and ... Our ancestors," said the blacks, "were, though not from choice, ..."

5. Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1907)
"I could safely say that there are two outrages by the blacks to one by the whites. We cannot raise a turkey, chicken, or a hog. ..."

6. Review of Reviews by Albert Shaw (1897)
"In this strip negroes predominate; and in 1890 it contained 1800000 whites and 2700,- 000 blacks. In the great Upland region the census showed that the ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"Here the author tabulates and discusses the rates of birth and death under various conditions among the blacks and compares them with the corresponding ..."

8. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"A very few, generally of the more modest and well-behaved, blacks voted with the ... Those whites who consorted with the blacks were to a great extent ..."

9. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1895)
"At a gathering of free blacks held in the Bethel Church a remonstrance was drawn up and ... Our ancestors," said the blacks, "were, though not from choice, ..."

10. Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1907)
"I could safely say that there are two outrages by the blacks to one by the whites. We cannot raise a turkey, chicken, or a hog. ..."

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