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ebon (iou)



ebon noun & adjective. Now only poet. LME.
[Old French eban (mod. ebene) = medieval Latin ebanus, var. of Latin ebenus from Greek ebenos ebony tree.]
A. noun.
The wood ebony. Also ebon-wood. LME.
An ebony tree. Also ebon tree. LME-E17.
b. adjective. Made of ebony; black as ebony. L16.
fig.: Shakespeare Venus & Adonis Death's ebon dart.