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(a) A hard black wood, obtained from various species of the family Ebenaceæ, especially that mentioned under ebon, n. 2, and Diospyros Melanoxylon…
A hard black wood, the product of a tree belonging to the family Ebenaceæ, mentioned in very early times as an article of import from the East; =…
(a) ebony (rare); (b) a form of jet in which the grain of the wood from which it is derived is made visible by polishing, making it less suitable…