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Meanings of sable's hair pencil in English

An artist's brush made of sable hairs.

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Examples for "sable"
Examples for "sable"
1
Streaks of reflected starlight blurred on the sable water below, growing closer.
The Reality Dysfunction
2
No sable; no tracks of sable; no old signs, even, of sable.
African Camp Fires
3
And Etienne appeared, dressed in sable mourning, and bowed before the throne.
The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendun...
4
The flight of the squirrel and the unsuccessful sable were quickly forgotten.
The Plains of Passage
5
The young sacristans, the sable nuns, vanished successively through the open door.
The Talisman
1
When thoroughly dry, touch the ends occasionally with green; this must be done with the sable brush.
The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling
2
Paint in the corolla a small circle of crimson points, using for this purpose a sable brush.
The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling
3
Wash the calyx with a weak solution of gum water, using for the purpose a sable brush.
The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling
4
It is painted after it is made: the centre is touched with a sable brush-thecolour, second yellow.
The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling
5
This can be applied with a sable brush as in water-colour painting, and makes a rich velvety dark.
The Practice and Science of Drawing