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Webster 1913 Edition
Blacks
Blacks
,Noun.
 pl.
 1. 
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. 
2. 
Soot flying in the air. 
[Eng.] 
3. 
Black garments, etc. See , 4. 
Black
, Noun.