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Meanings of ebon in English

Of a very dark black.

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A language of Marshall Islands.

Usage of ebon in English
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He barely halted at the edge of a pool of ebon water.
As It Was in the Beginning
2
The white man nodded and motioned his ebon guide forward once more.
The Son of Tarzan
3
The night was a myriad of stars on a vast ebon canopy.
White Shadows in the South Seas
4
The polished ebon floor had a startling effect upon her black hair.
Fate Knocks at the Door: A Novel
5
Cthylla's tentacles reached backwards and gripped the edges of the ebon box.
Future Lovecraft
6
Madam Bowker's tone was almost unladylike; her ebon staff was flourishing threateningly.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig: A Novel
7
And where they touched it, its ebon surface seemed to swallow them.
2001. A Space Odyssey
8
Make any excuse, but do not set foot on its ebon floors.
Visionaries
9
They have clear ebon skins, not coal-black, but of an inky hue.
How I Found Livingstone / Travels, adventures, and discoveres in...
10
Behind Rescue the ebon enormity of Parliament thrust its way into the sky.
Perdido Street Station
11
Note well the symbol inlaid in white upon its ebon surface.
Warlord of Mars
12
The ebon form of the Krooman giant seemed everywhere at once.
The Boy Aviators in Africa; Or, an Aerial Ivory Trail
13
The new sphere was a dull ebon that matched the blackness of space.
The Sails of Tau Ceti
14
They saw the ebon sky, the black and lustrous sea, the motionless ship.
Cord and Creese
15
Full well I know that Morpheus will wave his ebon wand in vain.
The Wrong Twin
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An ebon pillar of tradition seemed he, in his garb of old-fashioned cleric.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
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United Kingdom
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