forest of Germany, in Swabia, running from north to south between Ortenau, Brüggen, part of the duchy of Württemberg, the principality of Fuflemberg towards the source of the Danube, as far as the Rhine above Basil. It is part of the ancient Hyrcanian forest.

Black-Friars, a name given to the Dominican order; called also predicans and preaching friars; in France, Jacobins.