Bläcks, n. pl.

nounplural

n. pl. 1. The name of a kind of ink used in copper-plate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine-press. Simmonds.

Sense 2. Mourning garments. [Obs.]

Should I not put on blacks when each one here Comes with his cypress, and devotes a tear? Herrick.