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Black book   Listen
noun
Black book  n.  
1.
One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents.
2.
A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc.
3.
A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution.
4.
A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III.
5.
A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies.
6.
Any book which treats of necromancy.
7.
A book containing a black list.
8.
A book kept by a single man, containing a list of women whom he calls occasionally for a social date; usually used in the phrase little black book. (jocose)





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"Black book" Quotes from Famous Books



... certain black book came promptly out of the doctor's pocket. John Warden's name, and street, and number, and business were written therein, and John Warden felt for the first time in his life as though he had a Christian brother ...
— The Chautauqua Girls At Home • Pansy, AKA Isabella M. Alden
... assumes, in its ground plan, the form of the letter E—said to have been intended as a compliment to the queen, who, as appears from the Black Book of Warwick, visited ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, - Issue 331, September 13, 1828 • Various
... her seat. There was a faint applause which came from different parts of the room, but was not unanimous, and soon died away. After that there was silence. Miss Mackenzie bent forward and made some notes in a little black book which she held upon her lap. Mrs. Naylor took her handkerchief and wiped the tears from her eyes; the other governors looked depressed and uneasy. Meanwhile Miss Ravenscroft sat with her eyes fixed on the different girls ...
— The Rebel of the School • Mrs. L. T. Meade
... coarse garments for the poor. A great throne-like chair, with a canopy over it, a footstool, a desk and a small table before it, was vacant, and the work—a poor child's knitted cap—laid down; but an elderly minister, seated at a carved desk, had not discontinued reading from a great black book, and did not even cease while the strangers crossed the room, merely making a slight inclination with his head, while the ladies half rose, rustled a slight reverence with their black, gray or russet skirts, but hardly lifted their eyes. Eustacie thought the Louvre had ...
— The Chaplet of Pearls • Charlotte M. Yonge


Words linked to "Black book" :   listing, blacklist


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