Black \Black\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blacked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Blacking.] [See Black, a., and cf. Blacken.]
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   1. To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
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            They have their teeth blacked, both men and women,
            for they say a dog hath his teeth white, therefore
            they will black theirs.               --Hakluyt.
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            Sins which black thy soul.            --J. Fletcher.
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   2. To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by
      applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
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