Blăck'-lĕt'ter1, n.
The old English or modern Gothic letter, in which the early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed.
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Black-letter
Blăck'-lĕt'ter2, a.
Sense 1. Written or printed in black-letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book. “The black-letter pages of our chronicles.” Hugh Miller.
Sense 2. Studious of books in black-letter; that is, of old books.
Kemble a black-letter man! Boaden.