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sable
noun
1 sable
2 sable
The expensive dark brown fur of the marten.
Dutch: marter, marterbont, sabel
Polish: sobole
3 sable
4 sable
A scarf (or trimming) made of sable.
5 sable
Marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur.
synonym: Martes zibellina.
Dutch: sabeldier
Polish: soból
adjective
1 sable
Of a dark somewhat brownish black.
verb
Roget 431:
be black
etc.
adj.;
render black
etc.
adj..
blacken,
infuscate†,
denigrate;
blot,
blotch;
smutch†;
smirch;
darken
etc.
421.
black,
sable,
swarthy,
somber,
dark,
inky,
ebony,
ebon,
atramentous†,
jetty;
coal-black,
jet-black;
fuliginous†,
pitchy,
sooty,
swart,
dusky,
dingy,
murky,
Ethiopic;
low-toned,
low in tone;
of the deepest dye.
black as jet
etc.
n.,
black as my hat,
black as a shoe,
black as a tinker's pot,
black as November,
black as thunder,
black as midnight;
nocturnal
etc.
(dark)
421;
nigrescent†;
gray
etc.
432;
obscure
etc.
421.
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