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White \White\, n.
1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of
bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all
colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note
under {Color}, n., 1.

Finely attired in a of white. --Shak.

2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or
nearly so; as, the white of the eye.

3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery,
which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at
which a missile is shot.

'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.
--Shak.

4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or
Caucasian, races of men.

5. A white pigment; as, Venice white.

6. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies
belonging to {Pieris}, and allied genera in which the
color is usually white. See {Cabbage butterfly}, under
{Cabbage}.

{Black and white}. See under {Black}.

{Flake white}, {Paris white}, etc. See under {Flack},
{Paris}, etc.

{White of a seed} (Bot.), the albumen. See {Albumen}, 2.

{White of egg}, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds
the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In
a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent
of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater
portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a
small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar,
with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it
coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it
contains. --Parr.

{White of the eye} (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the
eye surrounding the transparent cornea.


Black \Black\, n.
1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest
color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth
has a good black.

Black is the badge of hell,
The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. --Shak.

2. A black pigment or dye.

3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or
shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain
African races.

4. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. (Obs.)
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.

Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the
like show death terrible. --Bacon.

That was the full time they used to wear blacks for
the death of their fathers. --Sir T.
North.

5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest
by being black.

The black or sight of the eye. --Sir K.
Digby.

6. A stain; a spot; a smooch.

Defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks
of lust. --Rowley.

{Black and white}, writing or print; as, I must have that
statement in black and white.

{Blue black}, a pigment of a blue black color.

{Ivory black}, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by
calcining ivory or bones. When ground it is the chief
ingredient of the ink used in copperplate printing.

{Berlin black}. See under {Berlin}.

black-and-white \black-and-white\, black and white \black and
white\adj. (Photography, Imaging; Printing)
depicted only in black and white colors, or in shades of
gray; also called {monochromatic} and {monochrome}; -- of
images. Opposite of {color} or {in color}, and contrasting
with {polychrome} {technicolor} {three-color}; as, a
black-and-white TV; black-and-white film; the movie
``Schindler's List'' was shot in black and white.

Syn: black and white, monochromatic, monochrome.
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black-and-white \black-and-white\, black and white \black and
white\n.
print or writing, especially the result of the printing
process.

Syn: print.
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