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Sable
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- 1 Sable-coloured, black.
"When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white"
- 2 In blazon, of the colour black.
- 3 Made of sable fur.
- 4 Dark, somber.
"She turned and waved a hand to him, she cried a word, but he didn't hear it, it was a lost word. A sable wraith she was in the parkland, fading away into the dolorous crypt of winter."
- 5 Dark-skinned; Black. archaic, literary
"Some of the sable females, who formerly stood aloof, now began to relax and appear less coy; but my heart was still fixed on London, where I hoped to be ere long."
- 1 of a dark somewhat brownish black wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur. countable
- 2 marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur wordnet
- 3 Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana). countable
- 4 a scarf (or trimming) made of sable wordnet
- 5 A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur. countable, uncountable
"Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables."
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- 6 an artist's brush made of sable hairs wordnet
- 7 An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush. countable
- 8 a very dark black wordnet
- 9 A black colour on a coat of arms. countable, uncountable
- 10 the expensive dark brown fur of the marten wordnet
- 11 A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables. countable, uncountable
- 12 Black garments, especially worn in mourning. countable, in-plural, uncountable
"I ſee its Sables wove by Deſtiny."
- 13 The sablefish. countable, uncountable
Etymology
Attested since 1275, from Middle English sable, from Old French sable and martre sable (“sable marten”), in reference to the animal or its fur; from Medieval Latin sabelum, from Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from a Slavic word (compare Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Compare also Middle Persian smwl (*samōr).
Attested since 1275, from Middle English sable, from Old French sable and martre sable (“sable marten”), in reference to the animal or its fur; from Medieval Latin sabelum, from Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from a Slavic word (compare Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Compare also Middle Persian smwl (*samōr).
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