Vocabulary : Blackpoll to Blackwash

Blackpoll : A warbler of the United States (Dendroica striata).
Blackroot : See Colicroot.
Blacks : 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. ;; Soot flying in the air. ;; Black garments, etc. See Black, n., 4.
Blacksalter : One who makes crude potash, or black salts.
Blacksmith : A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc. ;; A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis, / Heliastes, punctipinnis), of a blackish color.

Blacksnake : 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 : A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses. ;; Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.
Blacktail : A fish; the ruff or pope. ;; The black-tailed deer (Cervus / Cariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also, the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See Mule deer.
Blackthorn : A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe. ;; A species of Crataegus or hawthorn (C. tomentosa). Both are used for hedges.
Blackwash : A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water. ;; A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny.

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