ebonyn.

Brit.

/ˈɛbəni/, /ˈɛbn̩i/, U.S.

/ˈɛbəni/

Forms: Middle English hebenyf, 1500s hebeny, ebonie, (1600s ebany, ebeny, ibony), 1600s– ebony.

Etymology: Of somewhat obscure formation: Middle English hebenyf is apparently < Latin hebeninus (? misread as hebeniuus ), < Greek ἐβένινος made of ebony, < hebenus ebony. Compare ebon n. and adj.

1. (a) A hard black wood, obtained from various species of the family Ebenaceæ, especially that mentioned under ebon n. 2, and Diospyros Melanoxylon, a native of the Coromandel Coast, eastern India. (b) The wood of Brya Ebenus, a native of Jamaica.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > ebony

ebony1382

ebonc1440

jet wood1607

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xxvii. 15 Teeth of..hebenyf [L. dentes hebeniros], that is a tree that after that it is kit waxith hard as a stoon.

1573 Treat. Arte of Limming 9 The saide vernishe maketh tables..of..hebeny to glister.

1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 21 In a coach of Ebony shee went.

1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue 192 I saw pales made of an Oke..blacke as Ibony.

1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece vi. 448 Here grows some Ebany.

a1748 J. Thomson Sickness i. (R.) Affliction, hail!..open wide thy gates, Thy gates of ebony.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 84 Hard woods, such as box, lignum-vitæ, or ebony.

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. II. vi. iv. 62 A ball of ebony sinks in water.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 434 Real downright negroes, half-naked, black as ebony.

2. One of the trees above-mentioned.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian > ebony tree

ebon1555

ebony1810

1810 Charac. in Ann. Reg. 614/2 There are entire woods of cedars and ebonies.

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. ix. v. 494 Ebony is the most important of the trees which they are in the habit of felling.

3. attributive.

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1597 R. Johnson 2nd Pt. Famous Hist. Seauen Champions sig. P The Nigromancer..caused two ayrie spirits in the likenes of two Dragons to carrie him swiftly through the ayre in an Ebonie Chariot.

1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 56 Thus in thy Ebony box Thou dost inclose us.

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 86 Ebeny pestels about four foot long.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 309 A large nasso, or ebony-tree, which much resembles the fir-tree.

1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. xvi. 277 Quengueza and I..started up river for the ebony country.

a. As the type of intense blackness. son of ebony: humorously = a black man. Also attributive, as in ebony complexion, ebony skin, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > black thing or matter > [noun] > typical black thing

ebony1823

1823 C. Mathews Let. 23 Feb. in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1839) III. 388 A Hottentot Adonis appeared, with..an effluvia arising from his ebony skin.

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xxvii. 308 The different tribes of mankind, from the ebony skin of the torrid zone to, etc.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. vi. 70 Black Sam..was..about three shades blacker than any other son of ebony on the place.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 39 A race of savages..the ebony negroes of the Soudan.

b. A black person. U.S.

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1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxiv. 328 The old black..came shambling along from his galley;..this old Ebony floundered along.

1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends iv. 69 The scented ebony roared.

1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms (at cited word) An ebony is a negro in common parlance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ebony
释义	ebonyn. Brit. /ˈɛbəni/, /ˈɛbn̩i/, U.S. /ˈɛbəni/ Forms: Middle English hebenyf, 1500s hebeny, ebonie, (1600s ebany, ebeny, ibony), 1600s– ebony. Etymology: Of somewhat obscure formation: Middle English hebenyf is apparently < Latin hebeninus (? misread as hebeniuus ), < Greek ἐβένινος made of ebony, < hebenus ebony. Compare ebon n. and adj. 1. (a) A hard black wood, obtained from various species of the family Ebenaceæ, especially that mentioned under ebon n. 2, and Diospyros Melanoxylon, a native of the Coromandel Coast, eastern India. (b) The wood of Brya Ebenus, a native of Jamaica. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > ebony ebony1382 ebonc1440 jet wood1607 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xxvii. 15 Teeth of..hebenyf [L. dentes hebeniros], that is a tree that after that it is kit waxith hard as a stoon. 1573 Treat. Arte of Limming 9 The saide vernishe maketh tables..of..hebeny to glister. 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 21 In a coach of Ebony shee went. 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue 192 I saw pales made of an Oke..blacke as Ibony. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece vi. 448 Here grows some Ebany. a1748 J. Thomson Sickness i. (R.) Affliction, hail!..open wide thy gates, Thy gates of ebony. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 84 Hard woods, such as box, lignum-vitæ, or ebony. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. II. vi. iv. 62 A ball of ebony sinks in water. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 434 Real downright negroes, half-naked, black as ebony. 2. One of the trees above-mentioned. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian > ebony tree ebon1555 ebony1810 1810 Charac. in Ann. Reg. 614/2 There are entire woods of cedars and ebonies. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. ix. v. 494 Ebony is the most important of the trees which they are in the habit of felling. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1597 R. Johnson 2nd Pt. Famous Hist. Seauen Champions sig. P The Nigromancer..caused two ayrie spirits in the likenes of two Dragons to carrie him swiftly through the ayre in an Ebonie Chariot. 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 56 Thus in thy Ebony box Thou dost inclose us. 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 86 Ebeny pestels about four foot long. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 309 A large nasso, or ebony-tree, which much resembles the fir-tree. 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. xvi. 277 Quengueza and I..started up river for the ebony country. 4. a. As the type of intense blackness. son of ebony: humorously = a black man. Also attributive, as in ebony complexion, ebony skin, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > black thing or matter > [noun] > typical black thing ebony1823 1823 C. Mathews Let. 23 Feb. in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1839) III. 388 A Hottentot Adonis appeared, with..an effluvia arising from his ebony skin. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xxvii. 308 The different tribes of mankind, from the ebony skin of the torrid zone to, etc. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. vi. 70 Black Sam..was..about three shades blacker than any other son of ebony on the place. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 39 A race of savages..the ebony negroes of the Soudan. b. A black person. U.S. ΚΠ 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxiv. 328 The old black..came shambling along from his galley;..this old Ebony floundered along. 1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends iv. 69 The scented ebony roared. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms (at cited word) An ebony is a negro in common parlance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1382
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