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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Sable
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(1):
(a.) Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.
(2):
(n.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
(3):
(n.) A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
(4):
(n.) The fur of the sable.
(5):
(v. t.) To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
(6):
(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.