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ebony

/ˈɛb.ən.i/ adjective C2
  1. Made of ebony wood.
  2. A deep, dark black colour. · Near-synonyms: onyx, raven
  3. Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.
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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.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 137 · C1
There, outlined as black as an ebony statue on that shining background, I saw the figure of a man upon the tor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 125 · C1

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