| Pronunciation: | | 'ebunee
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| Matching Terms: | | ebon, ebone, ebonics, ebonise, ebonist, ebonite, ebonize, ebony family, ebony spleenwort
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- [n] a very dark black
- [n] tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
- [n] hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
- [adj] very dark black
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| | Synonyms: | | achromatic, coal black, Diospyros ebenum, ebon, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black |
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| | See Also: | | black, blackness, Diospyros, ebony, genus Diospyros, tree, wood |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. ['e]b[`e]ne, L. ebenus,
fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[=i]m, pl.
Cf. {Ebon}.]
A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine
polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs
red or green.
Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of {Diospyros
reticulata}, of the Mauritius. Other species of the
same genus ({D. Ebenum}, {Melanoxylon}, etc.), furnish
the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West
Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree ({Brya
Ebenus}), and from the {Exc[ae]caria glandulosa}.
\Eb"on*y\, a.
Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony
countenance.
This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling.
--Poe.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming of ebony furniture or other articles of ebony means distressing disputes, grievances and quarrels at home.
Dreaming of ebony nights means despair and sadness. |
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | a black, hard wood, brought by the merchants from India to Tyre (Ezek. 27:15). It is the heart-wood, brought by Diospyros ebenus, which grows in Ceylon and Southern India. |
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