Sable \Sa"ble\, a.
   Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly
   in poetry.
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         Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne,
         In rayless majesty, now stretches forth
         Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world. --Young.
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   Sable antelope (Zool.), a large South African antelope
      (Hippotragus niger). Both sexes have long, sharp horns.
      The adult male is black; the female is dark chestnut
      above, white beneath.

   Sable iron, a superior quality of Russia iron; -- so called
      because originally stamped with the figure of a sable.

   Sable mouse (Zool.), the lemming.
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