Black-a-vised
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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- black-a-vised Dark-complexioned.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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- Black-a-vised of dark complexion (probably originally black-à-vis)
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
A.S. blac, blæc, black.
In literature:
They were a black-a-vised, ill-favored pair, these miners upon whose hospitality fate had thrown them.
"The Highgrader" by William MacLeod Raine
Open it, you black-a-vised sweep of darkness!
"The Firebrand" by S. R. Crockett
But these black-a-vised rogues of ours defy reasoning.
"A Tatter of Scarlet" by S. R. Crockett
Black-a-vised BOB, of the broad shoulders and resolute tug.
"Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 24, 1887" by Various
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In poetry:
"When this black year began,
This Eighteen-forty-eight,
I was a great great man,
And king both vise and great,
And Munseer Guizot by me did show
As Minister of State.
"The Three Christmas Waits" by William Makepeace Thackeray
Typos
vlack-a-vised, glack-a-vised, hlack-a-vised, nlack-a-vised, bkack-a-vised, boack-a-vised, bpack-a-vised, blqck-a-vised, blwck-a-vised, blsck-a-vised, blzck-a-vised, blaxk-a-vised, bladk-a-vised, blafk-a-vised, blavk-a-vised, blacj-a-vised, blaci-a-vised, blacl-a-vised, blacm-a-vised, black-q-vised, black-w-vised, black-s-vised, black-z-vised, black-a-cised, black-a-fised, black-a-gised, black-a-bised, black-a-vused, black-a-vjsed, black-a-vksed, black-a-vosed, black-a-viaed, black-a-viwed, black-a-vided, black-a-vixed, black-a-vized, black-a-viaed, black-a-viswd, black-a-vissd, black-a-visdd, black-a-visrd, black-a-vises, black-a-visee, black-a-visef, black-a-visec, black-a-visex, black-a-vises