Black JackA young apprentice in eighteenth-century London begins a strange adventure when he inadvertently becomes involved with a wanted criminal and a girl who is reputedly mad.
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\Black"-jack`\, n. 1. (Min.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also {false galena}. See {Blende}. 2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. 3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc. [Obs.] 4. (Bot.) The {Quercus nigra}, or barren oak. 5. The ensign of a pirate.
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