Bible Dictionaries
Blacking

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves.

(2):

(n.) The act or process of making black.

(3):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Black

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Blacking'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/blacking.html. 1828.