ebonies

ebonies
'eb·on·y || 'ebənɪ n. hard black wood adj. black, dark, resembling ebony (type of hard black wood)

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  • Ebonies — Ebony Eb on*y, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. [ e]b[ e]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[=i]m, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ЭБОНИКС — [англ. ebonies < ebony черное дерево; сленг негр] лингв., амер. разновидность американской разговорной речи, объединяющая в себе структурные элементы территориального и социального диалекта (ДИАЛЕКТ). Ср. Black English. Словарь иностранных слов.… …   Словарь иностранных слов русского языка

  • Brya Ebenus — Ebony Eb on*y, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. [ e]b[ e]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[=i]m, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • D Ebenum — Ebony Eb on*y, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. [ e]b[ e]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[=i]m, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Diospyros reticulata — Ebony Eb on*y, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. [ e]b[ e]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[=i]m, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ebony — Eb on*y, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. [ e]b[ e]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[=i]m, 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Excaecaria glandulosa — Ebony Eb on*y, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. [ e]b[ e]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[=i]m, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Melanoxylon — Ebony Eb on*y, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. [ e]b[ e]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[=i]m, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Accidental (music) — In music, an accidental is a note whose pitch (or pitch class) is not a member of a scale or mode indicated by the most recently applied key signature. In musical notation, the symbols used to mark such notes, sharps (music|sharp), flats… …   Wikipedia

  • Kiln People — infobox Book | name = Kiln People title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover) author = David Brin illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel… …   Wikipedia

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