The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . y mod. E. alsosabell; < ME. sable, the sable, the color black,= D. siibel = Icel. safal, safyli, the sable, = siible, black, < OF. sable, the sable, also thecolor black, P. sable, black (ML. sabelimi, sa-bilUim), = G. zobel — Dan. Sw. sobel, the sable,< Russ. soboli = Bohem. Pol. sobol = = Hung, czoboly, the sable; of. , samur, < Ar. saiiiiir, the sable.] I, «. digitigrade carnivorous quadruped, Mustela;ribe/liiia
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . y mod. E. alsosabell; < ME. sable, the sable, the color black,= D. siibel = Icel. safal, safyli, the sable, = siible, black, < OF. sable, the sable, also thecolor black, P. sable, black (ML. sabelimi, sa-bilUim), = G. zobel — Dan. Sw. sobel, the sable,< Russ. soboli = Bohem. Pol. sobol = = Hung, czoboly, the sable; of. , samur, < Ar. saiiiiir, the sable.] I, «. digitigrade carnivorous quadruped, Mustela;ribe/liiia, of the family MustelidiB and subfamilyMustcJinie, closely related to the martens, itinhabits arctic and subarctic regions of the Old World,especially Russia and Siberia, having a copious lustrouspelage, of a dark-brown or blackish color, yielding oneof the most highly prized of pelts. The animal is about18 inches long, with a full bushy tail nearly a foot long;the limbs are short and stout, with small paws. Thenose is sharp, and the ears are pricked. There are threekinds of hairs in the pehige —a short soft dense under-fur,. 5288 blackish.—3. Black, especially as applied to mourning, or as an attribute. Her riding-suit was of sable hew over her Hood and the Stranger (Childs Ballads, V. 411).He whose sable arms,Black as his purpose, did the night resemble, Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. I deceived, or did a sable cloudTurn forth her silver lining on the night? Miltmi, Comus, 1. hues of bliss more brightly by sabler tints of woe. Gray, Ode on antelope, an antelope, JUjypotragits (or ^-Er/ocerus)niger, — Sable mouse, the lemming, Myodes l&mmus. Seecut under (sabl), r. t.; pret. and pp. sabled, [< saUe, )(.] To make like sable incolor; darken; blacken; hence, figuratively, tomake sad or dismal; sadden. And sabled all in black the shady sky. G. Fletcher, Christs Triumph over De
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