| n. | 1. | (Zool.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, - noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur. | |||||||||
| 2. | The fur of the sable. | ||||||||||
| 3. | A mourning garment; a funeral robe; - generally in the plural. | ||||||||||
| 4. | (Her.) The tincture black; - represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other. | ||||||||||
| a. | 1. | Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; - used chiefly in poetry. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world.
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| v. t. | 1. | To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black. | |||||||||
| Noun | 1. | sable - an artist's brush made of sable hairSynonyms: sable brush, sable's hair pencil |
| 2. | sable - the expensive dark brown fur of the marten | |
| 3. | sable - a very dark black | |
| 4. | sable - a scarf (or trimming) made of sable | |
| 5. | sable - marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur Synonyms: Martes zibellina | |
| Adj. | 1. | sable - dark somewhat brownish black |
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