(blak) adjective
1. Having little or no power to reflect light: of the color of jet: the opposite of white.
2. Belonging to a group having dark skin.
3. Of or relating to the African American people or their culture: black power, black studies, black pride.
4. Swarthy; somber; dark.
5. Destitute of light; gloomy; dismal; forbidding.
6. Soiled; stained.
7. Evil; malignant; wicked; deadly; slanderous; malicious; threatening: a black-hearted wretch.
8. Wearing black garments: black monks. See synonyms under DARK.
—noun
1. The absence of or complete absorption of light; the darkest of all colors.
2. Something that is black; also, mourning apparel or drapery.
3. A stain.
4. A member of the so-called black race.
—in the black In the credit column of an account: converse of in the red.
—v.t. & v.i.
1. To make or become black.
2. To blacken and polish.
—to black out
1. To extinguish or screen all light.
2. To lose vision or consciousness temporarily.
3. To censor; delete by scoring through. See BLACKOUT. [OE blœc dark]
—black′ly adverb
—black′ness noun

(blak), Hugo La Fayette,
1886–1971, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court 1937–1971.