black-jack (English, noun)
expansion: black-jack (countable and uncountable, plural black-jacks)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Sphalerite; zincblende.
tags: UK
obsolete
uncountable
glosses: Caramel or burnt sugar, used to colour wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc.
tags: obsolete
uncountable
glosses: A large leather vessel for beer, etc.
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
glosses: A water oak or barren oak (Quercus nigra).
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
qualifier: circa 1700s
glosses: A native African longshoreman or sailor working on a boat.
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
glosses: A coalfish (Pollachius virens).
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A larva of a sawfly of species Athalia rosae (syns. Athalia centifolia, A. spinarum).
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Alternative form of blackjack.
tags: alt-of
alternative
countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: black-jacks
tags: plural