noun.
A kind of ink in used in copperplateprinting, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press.
noun.Soot flying in the air.
noun.
Black garments, etc.
Word Usage
"In the seventh Annual Report it is said, "An effort for the benefit of the blacks, in which all parts of the country can unite, of course must not have the abolition of slavery for its immediate object; _nor may it aim directly at the instruction of the blacks_.""