ebony
/ˈɛb.ən.i/ noun C1- A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
- A tree that yields such wood.
- A deep, dark black colour. · Near-synonyms: onyx, raven
- Dark skin colour.
- A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument (as opposed to ivory).
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The night was clear and frosty, all ebony of shadow and silver of snowy slope; big stars were shining over the silent fields; here and there the dark pointed firs stood up with snow powdering their branches and the wind whistling through them.
There, outlined as black as an ebony statue on that shining background, I saw the figure of a man upon the tor.
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