1592. NASHE, _Summer’s Last Will_ [DODSLEY, _Old Plays_ (1874), viii. 59]. Rise up, Sir Robert Toss-pot. [_Here he dubs Will Summer with the_ BLACK-JACK.] 1606. _Return from Parnassus_ [DODSLEY, _Old Plays_ (1874), ix. 207]. A BLACK-JACK of beer and a Christmas pie. 1630. TAYLOR, _Works_, i. 113. Nor of BLACK-JACKS at gentle buttery bars, Whose liquor oftentimes breeds household wars. 1690. B. E., _Dict. Cant. Crew_, s.v. JACK. 18[?]. T. WARTON, “The Happy Junior of Sixth Chamber.” Yet still with pleasure shall we think on The Junior’s happy life at Winton ... lozenges and snacks ... dispars, gomers, JACKS. _c._ 1844. _Reminiscences of Christ’s Hospital_ (_The Blue_, Aug. 1874). By mistake the Cask was found to contain a fine old ale. The news soon spread from boy to boy and from ward to ward; and there was an extraordinary call upon the services of the JACK-BOYS, whose utmost exertions were scarcely equal to the demand. As might be expected, these latter took care of themselves upon the occasion. *Black-sheep*, _verb_ (Winchester: obsolete).—To get above (or “jockey”) a fellow in Middle Part: of men in Junior Part. *Black Tiger, The* (Rugby).—A nickname given to Dr. Ingles, head-master from 1793 to 1803. *Blandyke* (Stonyhurst).—The monthly recreation day. [From the village of Blandyke (now Blandecques), a league from St. Omers, where was a country house or villa at which such days were spent during the summer months.] _See_ Appendix. *Blazer*, _subs._ (originally Cambridge: now general).—A light jacket of bright colour. Originally applied to the bright red uniform of the Lady Margaret Boat Club of St. John’s College, Cambridge. [Prof. SKEAT (_N. and Q._, 7 S., iii. 436), speaking of the Johnian BLAZER, says it was always of the most brilliant scarlet, and thinks it not improbable that the fact suggested the name which subsequently became general.] 1880. _Times_, June 19. Men in spotless flannel, and club BLAZERS. 1885. _Punch_, June 27, p. 304. Harkaway turns up clad in what he calls a BLAZER, which makes him look like a nigger minstrel out for a holiday. 1889. _Daily News_, Aug. 22, p. 6, col. 6. DRESS BY THE SEA. SIR,—In your article of to-day, under the above heading, you speak of “a striped red and black BLAZER,” “the BLAZER,” also of “the pale toned” ones. This is worth noting as a case of the specific becoming the generic. A BLAZER is the red flannel boating jacket worn by the Lady Margaret, St. John’s College, Cambridge, Boat Club. When I was at Cambridge it meant that and nothing else. It seems from your article that a BLAZER now means a coloured flannel jacket, whether for cricket, tennis, boating, or seaside wear.—Yours faithfully, WALTER WREN. 1897. _Felstedian_, June, p. 99. The new football BLAZER is very handsome. *Bleed*, _subs._ (Tonbridge).—One who is remarkably good at anything.