Word Finder - sable

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A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).

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The marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).

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The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.

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An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable (Wikipedia).

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A black colour on a coat of arms (Wikipedia).

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A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.

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(in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.

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Of the black colour sable.

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: In blazon, of the colour black.

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Made of sable fur.

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Dark, somber.

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Dark-skinned; black.

The tails are used for artists' "sable" brushes.

The sable antelope is a southern species in which both sexes are black or FIG.

Fool, I told you the sable one!

Anatole went out of the room and returned a few minutes later wearing a fur coat girt with a silver belt, and a sable cap jauntily set on one side and very becoming to his handsome face.

Sable gills, the strongest fur suited for ladies' linings, is taken as the standard.

However, at nine o'clock the prince, in his velvet coat with a sable collar and cap, went out for his usual walk.

The fur has often been designated as red or Tatar sable.

The best, from Norway, are very durable and of good appearance and an excellent substitute for American sable.

The dyeing of these very pale skins has been for so long well executed that it has been possible to make very good useful and effective articles of them at a moderate price compared to Russian sable.

As has been explained, sable is a term applied for centuries past to the darker sorts of the Russian Siberian martens, and for years past the same term has been bestowed by the retail trade upon the American and Canadian martens.

The kolinski, or as it is sometimes styled Tatar sable, is the animal, the tail of which supplies hair for artists' brushes.

Sold as real Russian sable.

Sold as sable.

The reindeer now occurs only as a fossil; the sable, mentioned in the annals, has migrated eastwards; the wild horse, described by the annals as intermediate between the horse and the ass - probably similar to the Equus przewalskii of central Asia - is reputed to have been met with in the 13th century in the basin of the Warta, and two centuries later in the forests of Lithuania.

There are deer (at least five species), boars, bears, antelopes, beavers, otters, badgers, tiger-cats, marten, an inferior sable, striped squirrels, &c. Among birds there are black eagles, peregrines (largely used in hawking), and, specially protected by law, turkey bustards, three varieties of pheasants, swans, geese, common and spectacled teal, mallards, mandarin ducks white and pink ibis, cranes, storks, egrets, herons, curlews, pigeons, doves, nightjars, common and blue magpies, rooks, crows, orioles, halcyon and blue kingfishers, jays, nut-hatches, redstarts, snipe, grey shrikes, hawks, kites, &c. But, pending further observations, it is not possible to say which of the smaller birds actually breed in Korea and which only make it a halting-place in their annual migrations.

The chief tributaries of the lake on the U.S. side are Thunder bay river, Au Sable river and Saginaw river.

The black bear, wolf, catamount, wolverine, wild cat, fox, beaver, racoon, marten, sable, woodchuck, skunk, otter, mink, rabbit and squirrel are also found.

He has sketched Jacqueline Pascal (1844), Madame de Longueville (18J3), the marquise de Sable (1854), the duchesse de Chevreuse (1856), Madame de Hautefort (1856).

In vain did the malcontent princes attempt to set up a new League of Public Weal, the Guerre folle (Mad War), in which the duke of Brittany, Francis II., played the part of Charles the Bold, dragging in the people of Lorraine and the king of Navarre, In vain did Charles VIII., his majority attained, at once abandon in the treaty of Sable the benefits gained by the victory of Saint-Aubin du Cormier (1488).

The active pursuit of fishing as an industry may be dated as beginning about 1700, for then began voyages beyond Cape Sable.

The colors are black, white, blue, agouti, chinchilla, sable, seal point and fawn.

Powerful sable and roan antelope roam the forests, while a growing elephant population is becoming more visible.

It does, however, boast a lot of leopard and Kenya's only population of sable antelope.

Argent a fesse sable with a lion passant argent a fesse sable with a lion passant argent thereon.

Per pale argent and sable, two bars per pale gules and of the first, in chief three pierced cinquefoils ermine.

The arms of Bishop Joseph Hall 1627 - 1641 Sable, three Talbots ' heads erased argent.

They depict the See of Oxford impaling argent an eagle sable charged with a mullet argent.

Sable a fesse argent cut off at the ends.

Ceramic and glass objects can be dusted using a soft sable brush, holding the object with one hand.

He beares to his armes " sable 3 bells argent a canton ermine " .

Four massive roads branch out from here, traversing the large expanses within Sable's city walls.

Manufactured from only the finest taper dressed, pure Kolinsky Sable hair, in rust-proof, seamless nickel plated ferrules with black polished handles.

Argent, a cross engrailed gules, between four water bougets sable.

Crystal Silver, Astral Black and Sable body colors are available with red leather and Chili Red and Lagoon Blue with gray leather interior.

Argent a fesse gules between three eagles ' heads razed sable with three scallops or upon the fesse.

Argent a bend sable with three right hands argent thereon cut off at the wrist.

Bendy argent and gules a chief sable with a bar dancetty or therein.

Whilst today's synthetic brushes perform excellently, pure sable still has the edge.

The most common are black, white and shades of cream, brown, orange, sable and gold.

All animals deserve to be kept as well as welsh sheep or Russian sable.

And mercury sable of a medical these rings feature checks and paying.

Argent a lion gules with a golden crown in a border sable bezanty.

We game drive our way through Mahango and have the chance to spot rarely seen Namibian species such as roan the majestic sable antelope.

In 1136, while the count was in Normandy, Robert of Sable put himself at the head of the movement, to which Geoffrey responded by destroying Briollay and occupying La Suze, and Robert of Sable himself was forced to beg humbly for pardon through the intercession of the bishop of Angers.

Go to Matrena Matrevna and ask her for the sable cloak.

Whilst today 's synthetic brushes perform excellently, pure sable still has the edge.

Top quality pure sable brushes from Da Vinci specially made for Ken Bromley Art Supplies at a most amazing price.

Desserts are sublime - try the lemon creme brulee with poached blackberries and sable cookie.

According to the American Kennel Club Pomeranian Breed Standard, Pom coats are orange, red, orange sable, black and red sable, with adult dogs weighing between three and seven pounds.

In the novel series, Sam kept a book open to shepherds on his coffee table and his favorite form was that of a sable and white border collie.