black book

2 definitions found

black book - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Black book \Black" book`\ (bl[a^]k" b[oo^]k`).
     1. One of several books of a political character, published
        at different times and for different purposes; -- so
        called either from the color of the binding, or from the
        character of the contents.
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     2. A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a
        description of the court of exchequer of England, an
        official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc.
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     3. A book containing details of the enormities practiced in
        the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by
        order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their
        dissolution.
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     4. A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority,
        compiled in the reign of Edw. III. --Bouvier. --Wharton.
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     5. A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of
        persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English
        universities, or the English armies.
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     6. Any book which treats of necromancy.
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     7. A book containing a black list.
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     8. A book kept by a single man, containing a list of women
        whom he calls occasionally for a social date; -- usually
        used in the phrase little black book. [jocose]
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black book - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  black book
      n 1: a list of people who are out of favor [syn: blacklist,
           black book, shitlist]