black-jack

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Synonyms: blackjack, black jack, blackback

Antonyms: blackjack, black jack, blackback

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable|obsolete|mineral|UK}} [[sphalerite|Sphalerite]]; [[zincblende]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable|obsolete}} [[caramel|Caramel]] or [[burnt]] [[sugar]], used to colour [[wine]]s, spirits, ground coffee, etc.
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A large [[leather]] [[vessel]] for [[beer]], etc.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[water oak]] or {{vern|barren oak}} ({{taxlink|Quercus nigra|species}}).
5. {{lb|en|obsolete|circa 1700s}} A native African [[longshoreman]] or sailor working on a boat.
6. A [[coalfish]] ({{taxfmt|Pollachius virens|species}}).
7. A larva of a sawfly of species {{taxlink|Athalia rosae|species}} (syns. {{taxlink|Athalia centifolia|species}}, {{taxlink|Athalia spinarum|species|A. spinarum}}).
8. {{alternative form of|en|blackjack}}.

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