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Black Letter
Webster's Dictionary
The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Black Letter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/black-letter.html. 1828.