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sable [ˈseɪbəl] n pl -bles, -ble 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a marten, Martes zibellina, of N Asian forests, with dark brown luxuriant fur Related adj zibeline 2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a. the highly valued fur of this animal b. (as modifier) a sable coat (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) American sable the brown, slightly less valuable fur of the American marten, Martes americana 4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) the colour of sable fur: a dark brown to yellowish-brown colour adj 1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of the colour of sable fur 2. black; dark; gloomy 3. (History / Heraldry) (usually postpositive) Heraldry of the colour black [from Old French, from Old High German zobel, of Slavic origin; related to Russian sobol', Polish sobol] Sable [ˈseɪbəl] n Cape 1. (Placename) a cape at the S tip of Florida: the southernmost point of continental US 2. (Placename) the southernmost point of Nova Scotia, Canada
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sable noun & adjective Translations sable sable [ˈseɪbl] sable [ˈseɪbl] n sable [ˈseibl] 1 a kind of small animal found in Arctic regions, valued for its glossy fur. nerts سَمّور سيبيريا самур sobol zobel der Zobel ζιμπελίνα (θηλαστικό με πολύτιμη γούνα) marta cebellina soobel سمور soopeli zibeline, martre צוֹבֶל सेबल, नेवले की जाति का एक पशु samur, sobol coboly sebangsa musang safali zibellino 黒てん 흑담비 sabalas sabulis sabel sabeldier sobel soból zibelina zibelină соболь soboľ sobolj samur sobel สัตวสี่เท้าเลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมคล้ายแมวจำพวก Martes zibellina samur 黑貂 соболь سمور chồn zibêlin 黑貂 2 its fur Artists' brushes are sometimes made of sable; (also adjective ) a sable coat. nerts فَرْوَة السَّمّور самурова кожа sobol(í) zobelpels; zobel- das Zobelfell; Zobel-... γούνα, τρίχα ζιμπελίνας (de) marta cebellina sooblinahk پوست سمور soopeli, soopelinnahka (de) zibeline; en poil de martre פַּרווָת צוֹבֶל सेबल का बाल samurovina, sobolovina (krzno) cobolyprém kulitnya safalafeldur (di) zibellino 黒てんの毛皮 흑담비 털 sabalo (kailis) sabuļāda bulu sabel sabelbont sobelpels/-skinn sobole zibelina (de) zibelină соболий мех soboľ; sobolí soboljevina samurovina sobelhår, sobelskinn, sobelpäls หนังขนสัตว์สี่เท้าเลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมจำพวก Martes zibellina samur (kürkü) 黑貂皮 соболеве хутро سمور کا فر bút vẽ bằng lông chồn Zibêlin 黑貂皮 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But to the chamber which lies most westwardly of the seven, there are now none of the maskers who venture; for the night is waning away; and there flows a ruddier light through the blood-coloured panes; and the blackness of the sable drapery appals; and to him whose foot falls upon the sable carpet, there comes from the near clock of ebony a muffled peal more solemnly emphatic than any which reaches their ears who indulged in the more remote gaieties of the other apartments. All the children of the village, and most of the women, were admiring these sable warders and the closed windows of the house and forge; and as I came up, one of the two warders (the postboy) knocked at the door - implying that I was far too much exhausted by grief, to have strength remaining to knock for myself. Tashtego's long, lean, sable hair, his high cheek bones, and black rounding eyes --for an Indian, Oriental in their largeness, but Antarctic in their glittering expression --all this sufficiently proclaimed him an inheritor of the unvitiated blood of those proud warrior hunters, who, in quest of the great New England moose, had scoured, bow in hand, the aboriginal forests of the main. |
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