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blacked, past participle; blacks, 3rd person singular present; blacking, present participle; blacked, past tense;
  1. Make black, esp. by the application of black polish
    • - blacking the prize bull's hooves
  2. Make (one's face, hands, and other visible parts of one's body) black with polish or makeup, so as not to be seen at night or, esp. formerly, to play the role of a black person in a musical show, play, or movie
    • - white extras blacking up their faces to play Ethiopians
  1. shoe polish: a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear
  2. Shoe polish (or boot polish), usually a waxy paste or a cream, is a consumer product used to polish, shine, waterproof, and restore the appearance of leather shoes or boots, thereby extending the footwear's life. ...
  3. (Blacks (retailer)) Blacks Leisure Group plc of Northampton, UK owns British outdoor retailers Blacks, Millets and Free Spirit.
  4. (The Blacks) The Blacks: A Clown Show (Les Nègres) is a play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. Published in 1958, it was first performed in a production directed by Roger Blin at the Théatre de Lutèce in Paris, which opened on 28 October 1959.
  5. a preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating to something; shoe polish
  6. (BLACKED) when a man suspected of union activity is sacked and his name is forwarded to other colliery owners
  7. (Blacks) Black curtains at the back and sides of the stage.
  8. (Blacks) A matchcover category that shows a black person in the advertisement. Known black related names, such as The Cotton Club, Aunt Jemima, Picaninny, Mammy, Kit Kat Club, Sambo's Pancakes, etc., are treasured examples of this category.
  9. (Blacks) Black Pikmin are black in color and have small horns growing on their heads and have yellow glowing,angry-looking eyes. They can do everything purples do, including the ability to fight Waterwraiths, but are not slow. ...
  10. (Blacks) Chips valued at $100.
  11. (Blacks) Heavy draperies called legs and teasers (or borders), used to hide what the designer doesn't want the audience to see (lighting equipment, backstage areas). By convention, any solid-colored background is invisible, and actors—beige ones at any rate—look good against solid black. ...
  12. (Blacks) Making fun of blacks comes naturally to racists. It's one of their basic practices. Menfeel-a's black jokes are about bling, watermelon-eating contests, big schlongs, and being second in lists. ...
  13. (Blacks) One hundred dollar value casino chips.
  14. (Blacks) Specifies which image values map to black. Moving the slider to the right increases the areas that become black, sometimes creating the impression of increased image contrast. The greatest effect is in the shadows, with much less change in the midtones and highlights.
  15. (Blacks) This term is often used to describe the ‘costume’ worn by the technical crew during a performance. Black clothes are worn because this is the colour that will be least obtrusive during a performance and it allows the stagehands to move set pieces on stage without distracting the audience.
  16. (Blacks) in Argentina might be about 67,000 people; this figure includes 53,000 direct descendants from slaves,^[10] plus 12,000-15,000 Caboverdian Mulatto immigrants and their descendants, who arrived in the 1950s and 1960s. ...
  17. (blacks) Chips in the $100 denomination are commonly coloured black.
  18. (blacks) general purpose black drapes, used for masking areas on stage.
  19. shoe or boot polish. As a child Dickens was employed at Warren's Blacking factory.
  20. Carbonaceous material applied as a powder or wash to the internal surfaces of a mold to protect the sand and improve the finish of the casting. Prepared in a blacking mill.
  21. Carbonaceous material for coating mold or core surfaces.
  22. Carbonaceous materials, such as graphite or powdered carbon, usually mixed with a binder and frequently carried in suspension in water or other liquid used as a thin facing applied to surfaces of molds or cores to improve casting finish.
  23. The coating on the hull below gunwale level, usually based on bitumen or similar. Usually recoated every two or three years.