It was fearfully swelled (in those days our coat-sleeves were made very large), and as black as ebony from the shoulder to the wrist. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
Very little of the so-called ebony is genuine, most of the ebony of commerce consisting of fine-grained hardwood, stained black. From Wordnik.com. [Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges] Reference
Shadow is described as an elf having masses of "ebony" hair all the way down to the floor, which she braids and coils about her head p. From Wordnik.com. [Thog the Cover: Shadow] Reference
We were only there to exchange a shelf component - we'd grabbed "ebony" instead of "birch" - so I could appreciate the pathos of it all. From Wordnik.com. [No more modular furniture, ever! A photo essay in real time] Reference
I wonder how much it costs them to be "ebony" only. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Size 5, in ebony. From Wordnik.com. [August 2006] Reference
Shine worsted in ebony. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
Twirl'd his ebony tongue, and then op'ning his beak. From Wordnik.com. [The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home"] Reference
Shades of gray between ebony and ivory need not apply. From Wordnik.com. [Eli Y. Adashi: Birthright Citizenship Under Siege in the Promised Land and the Home of the Brave] Reference
The grain of her shining skin was as fine and polished as ebony. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
The summary treatment of this ebony potentate convinced the Kroo and. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Tall, powerful, black as ebony, he was a mirror of truth and honesty. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
Facing it is a sideboard in sculptured ebony, enriched with bronze, by. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Night ... an ebony pall pierced by a score of brilliant burning houses. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
The wood is often dyed black and sold as ebony; works well and stands well. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Deep inside a tangle of tombs and burial chambers, he points to three ebony statuettes. From Wordnik.com. [Tom McCarthy's "C," reviewed by Samantha Hunt] Reference
The most serviceable woods to select in frames are ebony, oak, walnut, cherry, and mahogany. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
She looked for a mirror and found only a looking-glass of Venice, dull in its wide ebony border. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The Spindlin 'Spider grunted an accompaniment to a wave of grey which lightened the ebony of his features. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
"England!" exclaimed this ebony-visaged worshipper of the Beaux Arts, as he displayed the volume before me. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
There they were, rather small, to be sure, but ebony -- at least they looked like ebony -- and crimson satin. From Wordnik.com. [A Missionary Twig] Reference
Tonquinese do the same, but to a still greater extent, which renders their teeth as black as ebony, or more so. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
The forests contain more than four hundred kinds of trees -- among them teak, ebony, camphor, and even good pine. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Near the end of my visit, he asked his wife to bring over an ebony carving, about a foot tall, of a female figure. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Of The Moment] Reference
“Need somethin 'for court,” he told the man behind the counter, a large man of ebony hue. From Wordnik.com. [Mojo] Reference
But the ebony facades of some buildings had been washed clean and glossy, and the vigorous wind smelled of the ocean. From Wordnik.com. ['A Free Life'] Reference
Left alone, his master approached a cabinet curiously carved in the Italian style, and took from it a long flat ebony box. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I blame Oakland for introducing the word “Ebonics” -- an etymological gunshot wedding of “ebony” and “phonics.”. From Wordnik.com. [DEA: the E is for 'Ebonics'] Reference
After he had carefully traced all these, he produced a small box of ebony, skilfully inlaid with streaks of mother-of-pearl. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
When Ollomand saw his slaves were all prepared before the gates, he bade them strike with their clubs of ebony against them. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
It is every conceivable shade and hue from tan to ebony -- and suddenly a matter of ideology and identity as much as pigmentation. From Wordnik.com. [What Color Is Black?] Reference
When all is ready, a handle of about 8 in. to 10 in. long by 0.5 in. square must be turned out of ivory, ebony, or any wood desired. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The men of Dedan were thy merchants: many islands were the traffic of thy hand, they exchanged for thy price teeth of ivory and ebony. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel The Challoner Revision] Reference
When they entered the Queen's apartment, announced by two ushers dressed in black and bearing ebony rods, she was seated at her toilette. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
At 20, Wek is the hottest face in fashion, keeping heads turning with her flawless ebony skin, tightly cropped hair and never-ending legs. From Wordnik.com. [Black Beauty's New Face] Reference
José'claims his burled-ebony curls and brown skin come purely by way of Andalucía andPuglia, though his eyes have a suspicious Andean slant. From Wordnik.com. [Tango] Reference
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