n.
a timber. The name is applied inAustralia to two species of Bauhinia, B. carronii, F. v. M., and B. hookeri, F. v. M.,N.O. Leguminosae. Both are called Queensland or MountainEbony.
·adj Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance. II. Ebony ·noun A hard, h...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A black, hard wood, brought by the merchants from India to Tyre (Ezek. 27:15). It is the heart-wood,...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A sobriquet for a negro. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(Ezekiel 27:15) one of the valuable commodities imported into Tyre by the men of Dedan; a hard, heav...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
n. See ebony. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris