EBONY

n. a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
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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