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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ebony \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ebony \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ebony adj : very dark black [syn: {ebon}] n 1: a very dark black [syn: {coal black}, {jet black}, {pitch black}, {sable}, {soot black}] 2: hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys 3: tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork [syn: {Diospyros ebenum}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Ebony, VA Zip code(s): 23845 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Ebony 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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