See Also: ebony(medicine)
ebony(dictionary)
ebony(encyclopedia)
Ebony(dictionary)
ebony 1, noun(dictionary)
ebony 2, adjective(dictionary)

ebony (iou)



ebony noun & adjective. LME.
[from EBON, perh. after IVORY.]
A. noun.
The hard, heavy, black or very dark timber of any of various tropical trees, esp. of the genus Diospyros (family Ebenaceae), native to W. Africa, India, Sri Lanka, and SE Asia. Also ebony-wood. LME.
A tree yielding this wood. Also ebony tree. M18.
A very dark brown or black colour. E19.
b. A black person. US. arch. M19.
b. adjective. Made of ebony; of the colour of ebony. M17.
ebonist noun a worker or dealer in ebony or other ornamental woods E18.
ebonize verb trans. make (furniture etc.) look like ebony M19.