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American financial services company
Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) is an American technology company and a financial services provider for consumers and merchants. Founded in 2009 by
Block,_Inc.
American tax preparation company
H&R Block, Inc., or H&R Block, is an American tax preparation company operating in Canada, the United States, and Australia. The company was founded in
H&R_Block
Offline Bluetooth messaging app
Lima and developed by Jack Dorsey, co‑founder of Twitter (now X) and Block, Inc. Announced in July 2025, Bitchat enables users to send messages via Bluetooth
BitChat
Financial services provided by Block, Inc.
sellers with physical or online stores. Launched in 2009 by Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.), it enables merchants to accept card payments and manage
Square_(financial_services)
American alternative investment company
Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. It was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions
Blackstone_Inc.
American entrepreneur (born 1976)
businessman who co-founded Twitter, Inc., which operated social media service Twitter; financial technology company Block, Inc., which owns and operates Square
Jack_Dorsey
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Block, Blocks, block, blocked, or blocks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Block or blocked may refer to: Block programming, the result of a
Block
Irish-American business executive (born 1972)
technology company Nextdoor from 2018 to 2024 and the CFO of Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) from 2012 to 2018. Born in 1972, Friar grew up in the town
Sarah_Friar
American fashion holding company
Tapestry, Inc. is an American holding company based in New York City which is the parent company of Coach New York and Kate Spade New York. Originally
Tapestry,_Inc.
Real estate investment trust
Welltower Inc. is a real estate investment trust that invests in healthcare infrastructure. As of December 31, 2022, the company had investments in approximately
Welltower
American mobile payment service developed by Block, Inc.
Square Cash) is a digital wallet for American consumers. Launched by Block, Inc., in 2013, it allows users to send, receive, and save money; access debit
Cash_App
American computer memory manufacturer
Micron Technology, Inc. is an American multinational semiconductor company that manufactures computer memory and computer data storage products, including
Micron_Technology
American multinational banking institution
Bigelow, Bruce V. (January 7, 2000). "Peninsula Bank shareholders move to block merger". San Diego Union Tribune. pp. C-1. A group of shareholders in Peninsula
U.S._Bancorp
American multinational software company
Adobe Inc. (/əˈdoʊbi/ ə-DOH-bee), formerly Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American multinational computer software company based in San Jose, California
Adobe_Inc.
American glass and ceramics manufacturer
world's biggest glassmakers. Corning is one of the main suppliers to Apple Inc. since working with Steve Jobs in 2007 to develop the iPhone. Corning won
Corning_Inc.
American short-selling activist firm
reports include Super Micro Computer, Adani Group, Nikola, Clover Health, Block, Inc., Kandi, and Lordstown Motors. The reports also featured defenses of the
Hindenburg_Research
American multinational technology company
Retrieved August 2, 2012. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. (1991). InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. p. 26. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019
Microsoft
American technology company
ServiceNow, Inc. is an American software company that supplies cloud computing platforms for the creation and management of automated business workflows
ServiceNow
American multinational technology company
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley, and known for consumer electronics
Apple_Inc.
American financial and corporate software company
Workday, Inc., is an American on‑demand (cloud-based) financial management, human capital management, and student information system software vendor.
Workday,_Inc.
American energy technology company
GE Vernova, Inc. is an energy equipment manufacturing and services company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company operates through three
GE_Vernova
U.S. information technology company
F5, Inc. is an American technology company specializing in application security, multi-cloud management, online fraud prevention, application delivery
F5,_Inc.
American information technology corporation
HP Inc. is an American multinational information technology company with its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, that develops personal computers (PCs)
HP_Inc.
American financial service provider
MSCI Inc. (formerly Morgan Stanley Capital International) is an American finance company headquartered in New York City. MSCI is a global provider of
MSCI
American artificial intelligence company
former Nextdoor CEO and former CFO at Block, Inc. Chief Product Officer: Kevin Weil, previously at Twitter, Inc. and Meta Platforms Chief Research Officer:
OpenAI
American investment company
BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional
BlackRock
American punk rock singer
themes. Cinder Block and Jeffery Bischoff founded a licensing and merchandising store, Cinder Block, Inc, in 1989. Cinder Block, Inc. was based in Oakland
Cinder_Block_(musician)
American technology company
Trimble Inc. is an American software, hardware, and services technology company that was founded in 1978. Its headquarters is in Westminster, Colorado
Trimble_Inc.
American multinational technology conglomerate
Amazon.com, Inc. (doing business as Amazon) is an American multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising
Amazon_(company)
American construction-equipment manufacturer
Caterpillar Inc. (often shortened to CAT) is an American construction, mining, and other engineering equipment manufacturer. The company is the world's
Caterpillar_Inc.
American international technology company
Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through
Alphabet_Inc.
American computer software company
PTC Inc. (formerly Parametric Technology Corporation) is an American computer software and services company founded in 1985 and headquartered in Boston
PTC_Inc.
American billionaire businessman
(born 1965 or 1966) is an American billionaire businessman who co-founded Block, Inc. McKelvey was appointed as an independent director of the Federal Reserve
Jim_McKelvey
American multinational fast food corporation
Yum! Brands, Inc. (sometimes called just Yum!) is an American multinational fast food corporation. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, the company operates
Yum!_Brands
Australian entrepreneur
for every transaction. In August 2021 Afterpay and Square, Inc. (later renamed Block, Inc. in December 2021), a digital payments company, announced they
Nick_Molnar
American athletic equipment company
Nike, Inc. is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon. It is the world's largest supplier of athletic
Nike,_Inc.
American payment card services corporation
Visa Inc. (/ˈviːzə, ˈviːsə/) is an American multinational payment card services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. It facilitates
Visa_Inc.
American homebuilding company
NVR, Inc. is an American company engaged in home construction headquartered in Reston, Virginia. It also operates a mortgage banking and title services
NVR,_Inc.
American multinational technology company
Dell Technologies Inc. is an American multinational technology company that has been headquartered in Round Rock, Texas, since 1994. It was formed as
Dell_Technologies
American multinational food and beverage corporation
Mondelez International, Inc. (stylised as Mondelēz; /ˌmɒndəˈliːz/ MON-də-LEEZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, holding, beverage, and
Mondelez_International
American waste and environmental services company
Waste Management, Inc., doing business as WM, is a waste management company operating in North America. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered
Waste_Management,_Inc.
American video game holding company
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (sometimes shortened to Take 2 Interactive or T2) is an American video game holding company based in New York City
Take-Two_Interactive
Bitcoin cryptocurrency hardware wallet product
bitcoin, available in the U.S. and 95 other countries. Launched in 2023 by Block, Inc., a company founded by Jack Dorsey, Bitkey began shipping in March 2024
Bitkey
American mass media and entertainment conglomerate (2022–present)
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It was formed through
Warner_Bros._Discovery
Neighborhood non-profit organizations
Underhill Avenue Block Association CAMBA, Inc. (Church Avenue Merchant Block Association)) Maple Street Block Association Green Avenue Block Association 100
List of New York City Block and Neighborhood Associations
List_of_New_York_City_Block_and_Neighborhood_Associations
Bitcoin node and wallet software
Core developers included Brink, Chaincode Labs, Spiral (a subsidiary of Block, Inc.), Blockstream, and the Human Rights Foundation, according to research
Bitcoin_Core
American technology company
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is an American multinational cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The core product is a platform
Palo_Alto_Networks
American trucking and transportation company
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is an American transportation and logistics company based in Lowell, Arkansas. It was founded by Johnnie Bryan Hunt
J._B._Hunt
American industrial automation provider
Rockwell Automation, Inc. is an American provider of industrial automation and digital transformation technologies headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Rockwell_Automation
American defense and electrical equipment manufacturer
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology services provider that produces products
L3Harris
Social media smartphone app
the service would close in the coming week. For $1 million, Block, Inc. (formally Square, Inc.), purchased Yik Yak's intellectual property and hired several
Yik_Yak
US commercial real estate services and investment company
CBRE Group, Inc. (an initialism of Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis) is an American commercial real estate services and investment firm, with corporate headquarters
CBRE_Group
American pharmaceutical company
AbbVie Inc., also known as AbbVie, is an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois. AbbVie produces drugs to treat a wide
AbbVie
Style of writing Latin script
Block letters (known as printscript, manuscript, print writing, printing or ball and stick in academics) are a sans-serif (or "gothic") style of writing
Block_letters
Multinational athletic apparel retailer
Columbia, and incorporated in Delaware, United States, as Lululemon Athletica Inc. It was founded in 1998 as a retailer of yoga pants and other yoga wear,
Lululemon
American investment bank
Major Goldman Sachs offices The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (/sæks/ SAKS) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded
Goldman_Sachs
American travel technology company
Expedia Group, Inc. is an American travel technology company that owns and operates travel fare aggregators and travel metasearch engines, including Expedia
Expedia_Group
Real estate investment firm
UDR Inc. (formerly United Dominion Realty) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that invests in apartments. The company is organized in Maryland
UDR,_Inc.
American food delivery company
DoorDash, Inc. is an American company operating online food ordering and food delivery. It trades under the symbol DASH. With a 56% market share, DoorDash
DoorDash
Global professional services firm
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., doing business as Marsh McLennan and Marsh, is a global professional services firm headquartered in New York City, with
Marsh_McLennan
American kitchenware and home furnishings company
Williams-Sonoma, Inc., is an American publicly traded consumer retail company that sells kitchenware and home furnishings. It is headquartered in San
Williams-Sonoma,_Inc.
American multinational semiconductor company
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It develops central processing
AMD
American discount department store chain
Ross Stores, Inc., operating under the brand name Ross Dress for Less, is an American chain of discount department stores headquartered in Dublin, California
Ross_Stores
American semiconductor company
Broadcom Inc. is an American multinational designer, developer, manufacturer, and global supplier of a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure
Broadcom
American water technology provider company
Xylem Inc. is a large American water technology provider, in public utility, industrial, commercial, agricultural and residential settings. The company
Xylem_Inc.
U.S. provider of software for the life sciences industry
Veeva Systems Inc., headquartered in Pleasanton, California, provides cloud computing software, data, and consulting services for the life sciences industry
Veeva_Systems
Subscription-based music streaming service
streaming service, launched in 2014 by Aspiro and now majority-owned by Block, Inc. Tidal is available in 61 countries and licenses 100 million tracks and
Tidal_(service)
American restaurant company
Darden Restaurants, Inc. is an American multi-brand restaurant operator headquartered in Orlando, Florida. Darden has more than 2,100 restaurant locations
Darden_Restaurants
American telecommunications company
Verizon Communications Inc. (/vəˈraɪzən/ və-RY-zən) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in New York City. It is the world's second-largest
Verizon
American automotive parts company
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., doing business as O'Reilly Auto Parts, is an American automotive part retailer that provides automotive parts, tools, supplies
O'Reilly_Auto_Parts
American information technology company
Arista Networks, Inc. is an American provider of client to cloud networking services for large data center/AI, campus and routing environments. Arista
Arista_Networks
American travel technology company
Booking Holdings Inc. is an American travel technology company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, that owns and operates several travel fare aggregators and
Booking_Holdings
American multinational corporation
Emerson asked for a ruling barring future broadcasts of the pilot and to block NBC from using any Emerson trademarks in the future. On February 23, 2007
Emerson_Electric
Australian financial technology company
Founded in 2014 by Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen, it is now owned by Block, Inc. As of 2023, Afterpay serves 24 million users, processes US$27.3 billion
Afterpay
American healthcare company
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. is an American health information technology and clinical research company headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. The company provides
IQVIA
American multinational financial services corporation
Nasdaq, Inc. (/ˈnæzdæk/ NAZ-dak) is an American multinational financial services corporation providing data, analytics, software, exchange capabilities
Nasdaq,_Inc.
American home improvement and hardware store chain
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (/loʊz/ LOHZ) is an American retail company specializing in home improvement. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the
Lowe's
American multinational food and beverage corporation
PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business
PepsiCo
American industrial company
Howmet Aerospace Inc. is an American aerospace company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company manufactures components for jet engines, fasteners
Howmet_Aerospace
American multinational hospitality company
Marriott International, Inc. (/ˈmer.i.ət/) is an American multinational company that operates, franchises, and licenses lodging brands that include hotel
Marriott_International
American multinational toy and entertainment company
New York Times "Hasbro pushes into Lego's land with new blocks". USA Today. Gannett Co. Inc. AP. February 13, 2011. Archived from the original on April
Hasbro
US-based financial services company
Robinhood Markets, Inc. is an American financial services company based in Menlo Park, California. It provides an electronic trading platform that facilitates
Robinhood_Markets
American telecommunications company
T-Mobile US, Inc. is an American wireless network operator headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Its majority shareholder and namesake is the German
T-Mobile_US
American health care company
Picis Clinical Solutions, Inc., a health information provider for the high-acuity areas of hospitals. In 2011, Logistics Health, Inc. of La Crosse, Wisconsin
UnitedHealth_Group
American semiconductor designer and manufacturer
1951. McDermott was one of the original founders of Geophysical Service Inc. (GSI) in 1930. McDermott, Green, and Jonsson were GSI employees who purchased
Texas_Instruments
American home building company
PulteGroup, Inc. is an American residential home-construction company based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. As of 2023, the company is the third-largest
PulteGroup
American ridesharing and delivery company
Uber Technologies, Inc. is an American multinational transportation company that provides ride-hailing services, courier services, food delivery, and
Uber
American multinational conglomerate holding company
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (/ˈbɜːrkʃər/) is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Originally a textile
Berkshire_Hathaway
American multinational home improvement retailing company
The Home Depot, Inc. is an American multinational home improvement retail corporation which sells tools, construction products, appliances, and services
Home_Depot
American multinational financial technology company
PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that
PayPal
American tax preparation company
"H&R Block drops TaxACT buy after antitrust ruling". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 3 April 2018. United States v. H&R Block, Inc., 2SS Holdings, Inc., and
TaxAct
U.S. technology company
ticker symbol COHR. In 2022, II-VI acquired laser manufacturer Coherent, Inc., and adopted its name. Coherent was founded as II-VI Incorporated in 1971
Coherent_Corp.
Provisioner of scientific consumables, equipment, and services
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is an American life science and clinical research company. It is a global supplier of analytical instruments, clinical development
Thermo_Fisher_Scientific
American department store corporation
The TJX Companies, Inc. (abbreviated TJX) is an American multinational off-price department store corporation, headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts
TJX
American private equity company
Apollo Global Management, Inc. is an American asset management firm that primarily invests in alternative assets. As of 2025[update], the company had
Apollo_Global_Management
Real estate company
BXP, Inc. (formerly Boston Properties, Inc.) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust which invests in premier workplaces in Boston, Los Angeles
BXP,_Inc.
Australian businessperson
started the company in 2014. As of February 2025, Eisen currently sits on Block, Inc's board of directors. Eisen attended Sydney Grammar School and graduated
Anthony_Eisen
American industrial supply company
W. W. Grainger, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 industrial supply company founded in 1927 in Chicago by the company's namesake William W. (Bill) Grainger
W._W._Grainger
U.S. information technology company
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. is an American, publicly traded company headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. It operates in more than 15 locations
Monolithic_Power_Systems
American entertainment company
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is an American multinational entertainment company that was founded in 2010 following the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster
Live_Nation_Entertainment
BLOCK INC
BLOCK INC
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Indian, Irish
Stream; Badger
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a small plot of land, from Middle English plocke ‘small piece of ground’.Americanized spelling of German Ploch.Variant of German Block.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and North German
English, Scottish, and North German : variant of Brook.English, Scottish, and Scandinavian : nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, Middle English broc(k) (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.English : nickname from Old French broque, brock ‘young stag’.Dutch : from a personal name, a short form of Brockaert .South German : nickname for a stout and strong man from Middle High German brocke ‘lump’, ‘piece’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : probably an acronymic family name from Jewish Aramaic bar- or Hebrew ben- ‘son of’, and the first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name. Compare Brill.Jewish (from Poland) : habitational name from Brok, a place in Poland.
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish
Woods; Fortified Place; Bright; Radiant
Male
English
Surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English brocc BROCK means "badger."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Boy/Male
English
Dark.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a he-goat, Middle High German boc, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a goat.Altered spelling of German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Bock ‘he-goat’.English : variant of Buck.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly from Middle English bleik, blek(e) ‘pallid’, ‘sallow’ (from Old Norse bleikr ‘pale’) with alteration of the vowel, although Reaney suggests it may be a nickname derived from Middle English blikie(n) ‘to shine or gleam’ (from Old English blīcian).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : origin uncertain; possibly from German Blick or Yiddish blik ‘glance’, ‘look’, and based on some now irrecoverable anecdote.German : Prussian variant of Blek, a nickname from Middle High German blic ‘shine’.German : short form of the Low German occupational name Blickslager ‘tinsmith’. Compare Bleck.German : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Bligger, Blickhart, based on blic ‘gleam’, ‘shine’, later ‘pale’.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or dark-haired man.Scottish and English : from Old English blÄc ‘pale’, ‘fair’, i.e. precisely the opposite meaning to 1, and a variant of Blake 2. Blake and Black are found more or less interchangeably in several surnames and place names.English : variant of Blanc as a Norman name. The pronunciation of the nasalized vowel gave considerable difficulty to English speakers, and its quality was often ignored.Scottish and Irish : translation of various names from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff).Danish and Swedish : generally, probably the English and Scottish name, but in some cases perhaps a variant spelling of Blak, a nickname from blak ‘black’.In some cases, a translation of various names meaning ‘black’, for example German and Jewish Schwarz.
Male
English
The Badger
Boy/Male
German American English
Girl/Female
Muslim
Clock
Boy/Male
Native American
Black.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly a nickname for someone with thick curly hair, from Old French floc ‘stable of wool’. Alternatively, it may be a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, from Old English flocc ‘herd’, ‘company’.German : unexplained.German (Flöck) : variant of Flück (see Fluck), or from a pet form of a personal name formed with Old Saxon flÅd ‘flood’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’.English : topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, a place that could be locked, Middle English loke, Old English loca (a derivative of loc as in 1). Middle English loke also came to be used to denote a barrier, in particular a barrier on a river which could be opened and closed at will, and, by extension, a bridge. The surname may thus also have been a metonymic occupational name for a lock-keeper.English, Dutch, and German : nickname for a person with fine hair, or curly hair, from Middle English loc, Middle High German lock(e) ‘lock (of hair)’, ‘curl’.Americanized spelling of German Loch.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Dark; Dark Skinned
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, German, Latin, Swedish
Jet Black; Black Germ; Jet-black Gemstone; Coal Black
BLOCK INC
BLOCK INC
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Indian
Divine of Power
Girl/Female
Tamil
Divyansha | தீவà¯à®¯à®¨à¯à®·à®¾Â
Divine
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Crowned with Laurels; Modern Variant of Lora and Laurie Referring to the Laurel Tree; Sweet Bay Tree Symbolic of Honor and Victory
Girl/Female
Muslim
Selflessness, Preference
Girl/Female
Tamil
Kundhavai | கà¯à®¨à¯à®¤à®¾à®µà®¾à®ˆÂ
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
A Sacred Plant; Tulsi Plant
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil
Excellent; Bright; Happiness
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
King of Love
Girl/Female
Hindu
Ganga
BLOCK INC
BLOCK INC
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v. t.
A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc.
n.
A black pigment or dye.
a.
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
n.
The striking of a clock.
n.
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
a.
Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
n.
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
v. t.
To flock to; to crowd.
v. t.
A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
v. t.
Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
a.
Black as jet; deep black.
a.
As black as coal; jet black; very black.
n.
A lock of wool or hair.
n.
A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
a.
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
v. t.
To lock, or fasten as with a lock.
a.
Having black eyes.