bleck
See also: Bleck and Bléck
English
Verb
bleck (third-person singular simple present blecks, present participle blecking, simple past and past participle blecked)
- (obsolete, dialectal) To blacken.
- (obsolete, dialectal) To defile.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bleck in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Interjection
bleck
- (rare) Alternative form of blech
Scots
Etymology
From Old English blæc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blɛk/
Adjective
bleck (comparative blecker, superlative bleckest)
- (South Scots) black
Swedish
Etymology
Compare Danish blik (< Middle Low German bleck), German Blech (< Old High German bleh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blɛk/
- Homophones: bläck
Noun
bleck n
- tin plate
- sheet metal
Declension
| Declension of bleck | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bleck | blecket | bleck | blecken |
| Genitive | blecks | bleckets | blecks | bleckens |