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  Blackwood

  noun

  William, 1776–1834, English publisher.
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  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

“Not in my lifetime,” Mr. Blackwood writes, “have I heard such a clearsighted account of our civilization’s origins from any major political figure.”

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

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

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The castle dominated the broad fertile valley that maps and men alike called Blackwood Vale.

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

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

On the left, stood on a blackwood cabinet, a huge bowl from a renowned government kiln.

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

He set the blackwood box on a stand, opened it, and spread out jade earrings, rings, fobs, bracelets, strings.

From The Pagan Madonna by W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner

There were chairs and tables of richly carved Bombay blackwood, Japanese cabinets in the recesses beside the fire-place, a five-leaved Indian screen between the fire-place and the door.

From The Golden Calf by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Through the velvety darkness of a semi-tropical night he moved stealthily above them, his fangs bared slightly, his hand hovering often near his blackwood bow and the quiver of arrows.

From The Return of Tharn by Howard Browne

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