black
adjective
being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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Have a care, woman! or the Heir-to-Empire will be blacking himself, too.
From The Adventures of Akbar by Byam Shaw