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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