(countable) A black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket.

(obsolete) A blackish matter, resembling coffee grounds and due to hæmorrhage, vomited in severer cases of yellow fever; also, the disease of yellow fever itself.

Any of various breeds of dog having black and tan colouring. / (US slang, now historical) A bar, nightclub etc. which had both black and white customers, especially one that featured black entertainers.

A small passerine bird, Phoenicurus ochruros, from south and central Europe

Moderately formal; usually requiring a dinner jacket (tuxedo) for men.

A simple form of gunpowder, consisting of a mixture of saltpetre, charcoal, and sulfur.

plural of black friar

A member of the religious order of the Dominicans.

(slang) A police van for transporting prisoners.

(calligraphy) A highly calligraphic Western European script style used from approximately 1150.