Definition of Ebny
Ebony, a name given to Blackwood by James Hogg, and eventually
applied to his magazine.
- Wikipedia
Eb"on*y (?), n.; pl.
Ebonies (#). [F. ébène, L.
ebenus, fr. Gr. &?;; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb.
hobnīm, 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.
&fist; 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 Excæcaria
glandulosa.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a heavy, deep black wood
- (colour) a deep, dark black colour.
ebony colour:
- a tree belonging to those species of the genus Diospyros that yield an ebony wood.
- made of ebony
- (colour) having a dark black colour.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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