sable has definitions from the fields of zoology,clothing,color
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[ noun ] an artist's brush made of sable hair

Used in print

(Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)

`` My brushes are different from those used by most watercolorists , for I combine the sable and the bristle .

The red sables are 8 ; two riggers , 6 and 10 ; and a very large , flat wash brush .

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brush rigger

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[ noun ] (clothing) a scarf (or trimming) made of sable

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scarf

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[ noun ] (color) a very dark black

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black ebonize

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[ noun ] the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

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fur

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[ adjective ] dark somewhat brownish black

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achromatic

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 21929
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[ noun ] (zoology) marten of North Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur

Synonyms

Martes_zibellina

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marten

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