Bible Dictionaries
Black Friday

Webster's Dictionary

Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred, as: In England, December 6, 1745, when the news of the landing of the Pretender reached London, or May 11, 1866, when a financial panic commenced. In the United States, September 24, 1869, and September 18, 1873, on which financial panics began.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Black Friday'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/black-friday.html. 1828.