blacketh

Verb

black (third-person singular simple present blacks, present participle blacking, simple past and past participle blacked)

1. (transitive) To make black; to blacken.
   • "I don't want to fight; but you are a mean, dirty blackguard, or you wouldn't have treated a girl like that," replied Tommy, standing as stiff as a stake before the bully.
     "Say that again, and I'll black your eye for you."1859, Oliver Optic, Poor and Proud; or, The Fortunes of Katy Redburn, a Story for Young Folks

   Synonyms:

   blacken, darken, swarten

2. (transitive) To apply blacking to (something).
   • […] he must catch, curry, and saddle his own horse; he must black his own brogans (for he will not be able to buy boots).1853, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin
3. (UK, transitive) To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
   • The plants were blacked by the Transport and General Workers' Union and a consumer boycott was organised; both activities contributed to what the union saw as a victory.2003, Alun Howkins, The Death of Rural England, page 175

   Synonyms:

   blackball, blacklist, boycott, cancel

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