jet

Lovely as the Greek girls of Cyprus or Chios, Mercédès boasted the same bright flashing eyes of jet, and ripe, round, coral lips.

All round the house is the jet-black night;

Diana, wilt thou give me a lock of thy jet-black tresses in parting to treasure forevermore?”

Then suddenly another sound became audible—a very gentle, soothing sound, like that of a small jet of steam escaping continually from a kettle.