Black-jack
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Black-jack is a noun meaning (uncountable, obsolete, mineralogy, UK) Sphalerite; zincblende.
Meaning
(uncountable, obsolete, mineralogy, UK) Sphalerite; zincblende.
More Meanings
- (uncountable, obsolete) Caramel or burnt sugar, used to colour wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc.
- A coalfish (Pollachius virens).
- A larva of a sawfly of species Athalia rosae (syns. Athalia centifolia, A. spinarum).
- Alternative form of blackjack.
- (obsolete) A large leather vessel for beer, etc.
- (obsolete) A water oak or barren oak (Quercus nigra).
- (obsolete, circa 1700s) A native African longshoreman or sailor working on a boat.
Word Forms
- black-jacks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include zincblende, blende, blacklead, sphalerite, schalenblende, blatterite.
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