black
adjective
being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
well-blacked
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a word derived from
black.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Pendyce rode slowly; his feet, in their well-blacked boots, his nervous legs in Bedford cord and mahogany-coloured leggings, moved in rhyme to the horse's trot.
From The Country House by John Galsworthy
He never wore boots, but always white stockings and well-blacked long-quartered shoes.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
Cousin Tryphena's horrified eyes fell on her well-blacked stove, sending out the aromatic breath of burning white-birch sticks.
From Hillsboro People by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The body and wheels were painted bright scarlet and black; and it was drawn by a pair of very showy-looking horses, about sixteen "hands" high, with elegant and well-blacked harness.
From The Englishwoman in America by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
‘It was my fault,’ she blurted out, looking steadfastly over the edge of the dish at the well-blacked boots of the Canon.
From The Youngest Girl in the School by Evelyn Sharp
