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ˈcoal-black, a.
As black as coal; dead black.
a1250Owl & Night. 75 Þin(e) eȝen beoþ colblake and brode. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1284 A Beres skyn colblak [v.r. coleblak] for old. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. v. 20 Cole blacke steedes. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 533 Coal-black clouds, that shadow heaven's light. 1635N. Carpenter Geog. Del. ii. iii. 48 The Land of Blackmores where the people are all coleblacke. 1709Let. in Hearne Collect. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) II. 305 His Coalblack hair was turned milk white of a night for y⊇ greatness of his troubles. 1812Byron Ch. Har. i. lv, Her black eye that mocks her coal-black veil. |