Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

White \White\, n.
   1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of
      bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all
      colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note
      under {Color}, n., 1.

            Finely attired in a of white.         --Shak.

   2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or
      nearly so; as, the white of the eye.

   3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery,
      which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at
      which a missile is shot.

            'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.
                                                  --Shak.

   4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or
      Caucasian, races of men.

   5. A white pigment; as, Venice white.

   6. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies
      belonging to {Pieris}, and allied genera in which the
      color is usually white. See {Cabbage butterfly}, under
      {Cabbage}.

   {Black and white}. See under {Black}.

   {Flake white}, {Paris white}, etc. See under {Flack},
      {Paris}, etc.

   {White of a seed} (Bot.), the albumen. See {Albumen}, 2.

   {White of egg}, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds
      the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In
      a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent
      of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater
      portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a
      small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar,
      with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it
      coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it
      contains. --Parr.

   {White of the eye} (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the
      eye surrounding the transparent cornea.

Black \Black\, n.
   1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest
      color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth
      has a good black.

            Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and
            the suit of night.                    --Shak.

   2. A black pigment or dye.

   3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or
      shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain
      African races.

   4. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. (Obs.)
      Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.

            Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the
            like show death terrible.             --Bacon.

            That was the full time they used to wear blacks for
            the death of their fathers.           --Sir T.
                                                  North.

   5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest
      by being black.

            The black or sight of the eye.        --Sir K.
                                                  Digby.

   6. A stain; a spot; a smooch.

            Defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks
            of lust.                              --Rowley.

   {Black and white}, writing or print; as, I must have that
      statement in black and white.

   {Blue black}, a pigment of a blue black color.

   {Ivory black}, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by
      calcining ivory or bones. When ground it is the chief
      ingredient of the ink used in copperplate printing.

   {Berlin black}. See under {Berlin}.

Source : WordNet®

black and white
     n 1: the result of the printing process; "I want to see it in
          black and white" [syn: {print}]
     2: a black-and-white photograph or slide [syn: {monochrome}]

black and white
     adj : not having or not capable of producing colors;
           "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the
           movie was in black and white" [syn: {black-and-white},
           {black and white(p)}] [ant: {color}]