Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blacking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Black \Black\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blacking}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Blacken}.]
1. To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
They have their teeth blacked, both men and women,
for they say a dog hath his teeth white, therefore
they will black theirs. --Hakluyt.
Sins which black thy soul. --J. Fletcher.
2. To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by
applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blacking \Black"ing\, n.
1. Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for
giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves.
2. The act or process of making black.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blacking
n : a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on
footwear [syn: {shoe polish}]
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