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Definition of Sable
1. Noun. An artist's brush made of sable hairs.
Generic synonyms: Brush
Specialized synonyms: Rigger, Rigger Brush
2. Adjective. Of a dark somewhat brownish black.
3. Noun. The expensive dark brown fur of the marten.
4. Noun. A very dark black.
Generic synonyms: Black, Blackness, Inkiness
Derivative terms: Ebonize
5. Noun. A scarf (or trimming) made of sable.
6. Noun. Marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur.
Definition of Sable
1. n. 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. a. Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.
3. v. t. To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
Definition of Sable
1. a carnivorous mammal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sable
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Of the colour 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." (Young) Sable antelope, the lemming.
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