Sable

n.	1.	(Zool.) 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.	The fur of the sable.
	3.	A mourning garment; a funeral robe; - generally in the plural.
	4.	(Her.) The tincture black; - represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
a.	1.	Of the color 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 (Zool.) a large South African antelope (Hippotragus niger). Both sexes have long, sharp horns. The adult male is black; the female is dark chestnut above, white beneath. Sable iron a superior quality of Russia iron; - so called because originally stamped with the figure of a sable. Sable mouse (Zool.) the lemming.
v. t.	1.	To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black. [imp. & p. p. Sabled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sabling .] Sabled all in black the shady sky. - G. Fletcher.

Noun	1.	sable - an artist's brush made of sable hair Synonyms: sable brush, sable's hair pencil
	2.	sable - the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
	3.	sable - a very dark black Synonyms: coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, soot black
	4.	sable - a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
	5.	sable - marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur Synonyms: Martes zibellina
Adj.	1.	sable - dark somewhat brownish black

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