For the ship's bends and yards. A good mixture is made of coal-tar, vegetable-tar, and salt-water, boiled together, and laid on hot.
·noun The act or process of making black. II. Blacking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Black>>. III. Blacking...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The tarring and blacking of rigging; or the operation of blacking the ship's sides with tar or miner...
The Sailor's Word-Book