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  Blackwood

  noun

  William, 1776–1834, English publisher.
• blackwood
  blackwood

  noun

  a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon , having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber

Blackwood

American  

[blak-wood] / ˈblækˌwʊd /

noun

1. William, 1776–1834, English publisher.

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blackwood ¹ British  

/ ˈblækˌwʊd /

noun

1. Also called: Sally Wattle. a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon , having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber

2. any of various trees or shrubs of the leguminous genus Dalbergia , esp D. melanoxylon (of Africa) or D. latifolia (of India), yielding black wood used for carving and musical instruments

3. the wood of any of these trees

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Blackwood ² British  

/ ˈblækˌwʊd /

noun

1. bridge a conventional bidding sequence of four and five no-trumps, which are requests to the partner to show aces and kings respectively

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Blackwood ³ British  

/ ˈblækˌwʊd /

noun

1. Algernon ( Henry ). 1869–1951, British novelist and short-story writer; noted for his supernatural tales

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Etymology

Origin of Blackwood

C20: named after Easeley F. Blackwood , its American inventor

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“I would say that we are conservative only in the small-c use of the word,” Mr. Blackwood says, “insofar as we believe that there are things worth passing on to the next generation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Messrs. Blackwood and Conlon—and their handful of colleagues at Ralston—are on a mission to revive Western culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Philanthropic support helps the college “to remain free of federal funding,” Mr. Blackwood says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The former Conservative councillor grew up in Blackwood, in the south Wales valleys.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

House Blackwood kept the old gods, and worshiped as the First Men had in the days before the Andals came to Westeros.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Transparent gauze screens with frames of carved blackwood, ornamented with a fringe representing flowers and giving the text of verses, figured too here and there.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly

It was too hot to go into the house, and I stayed under the blackwood tree; and the wind changed, and the drenching rain came and doused the fire.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby

Shoulder, hoop! the end. printed by william blackwood and sons.

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Richard Doyle

The eunuchs showed us into the east side building, which was beautifully furnished with reddish blackwood exquisitely carved, the chairs and tables covered with blue satin and the walls hung with the same material.

From Two Years in the Forbidden City by Princess Der Ling

Two large chambers tiled and wainscoted with wonderfully carved blackwood panels were apportioned as dining-hall and sitting-room for the English visitors.

From The Elephant God by Gordon Casserly

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