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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Umber  \Um"ber\,  n.  [F.  ombre  ocherous  ore  of  iron,  terre 
  d'ombre,  It  terra  d'ombra,  literally,  earth  of  shadow  or 
  shade,  L.  umbra  shadow,  shade.  Cf  {Umber},  3  &  4, 
  {Umbrage}.] 
  1.  (Paint.)  A  brown  or  reddish  pigment  used  in  both  oil  and 
  water  colors,  obtained  from  certain  natural  clays 
  variously  colored  by  the  oxides  of  iron  and  manganese.  It 
  is  commonly  heated  or  burned  before  being  used  and  is 
  then  called  {burnt  umber};  when  not  heated,  it  is  called 
  {raw  umber}.  See  {Burnt  umber},  below. 
 
  2.  An  umbrere.  [Obs.] 
 
  3.  [F.  ombre,  umbre,  L.  umbra.]  (Zo["o]l.)  See  {Grayling},  1. 
 
  4.  [Cf.  NL  scopus  umbretta,  F.  ombrette;  probably  fr  L. 
  umbra  shade,  in  allusion  to  its  dark  brown  color.  See 
  {Umber}  a  pigment.]  (Zo["o]l.)  An  African  wading  bird 
  ({Scopus  umbretta})  allied  to  the  storks  and  herons.  It  is 
  dull  dusky  brown,  and  has  a  large  occipital  crest.  Called 
  also  {umbrette},  {umbre},  and  {umber  bird}. 
 
  {Burnt  umber}  (Paint.),  a  pigment  made  by  burning  raw  umber, 
  which  is  changed  by  this  process  from  an  olive  brown  to  a 
  bright  reddish  brown. 
 
  {Cologne},  or  {German},  {umber},  a  brown  pigment  obtained 
  from  lignite.  See  {Cologne  earth}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Umber  \Um"ber\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  umber;  resembling  umber;  olive-brown; 
  dark  brown;  dark;  dusky. 
 
  Their  harps  are  of  the  umber  shade  That  hides  the  blush 
  of  waking  day  --J.  R.  Drake. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Umber  \Um"ber\,  v.  t. 
  To  color  with  umber;  to  shade  or  darken;  as  to  umber  over 
  one's  face.  --B.  Jonson 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Umbrere  \Um*brere\,  Umbriere  \Um*briere\,  n.  [F.  ombre  a  shade, 
  L.  umbra;  cf  F.  ombrelle  a  sunshade,  OF  also  ombri[`e]re. 
  See  {Umbrella}.] 
  In  ancient  armor,  a  visor,  or  projection  like  the  peak  of  a 
  cap,  to  which  a  face  guard  was  sometimes  attached.  This  was 
  sometimes  fixed,  and  sometimes  moved  freely  upon  the  helmet 
  and  could  be  raised  like  the  beaver.  Called  also  {umber},  and 
  umbril.  [Obs.] 
 
  But  only  vented  up  her  umbriere.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Grayling  \Gray"ling\,  n.  [From  {Gray},  a.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  European  fish  ({Thymallus  vulgaris}),  allied 
  to  the  trout,  but  having  a  very  broad  dorsal  fin;  -- 
  called  also  {umber}.  It  inhabits  cold  mountain  streams, 
  and  is  valued  as  a  game  fish. 
 
  And  here  and  there  a  lusty  trout,  And  here  and  there 
  a  grayling.  --Tennyson. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  An  American  fish  of  the  genus  {Thymallus}, 
  having  similar  habits  to  the  above;  one  species  ({T. 
  Ontariensis}),  inhabits  several  streams  in  Michigan; 
  another  ({T.  montanus}),  is  found  in  the  Yellowstone 
  region. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  umber 
  adj  :  of  the  color  of  any  of  various  natural  brown  earth  pigments 
  n  1:  an  earth  pigment 
  2:  a  medium  to  dark  brown  color  [syn:  {chocolate},  {coffee},  {deep 
  brown},  {burnt  umber}]




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