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Blacken, in a way
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ebonize
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Word definitions for ebonize in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. stain black to make it look like ebony [syn: ebonise ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ebonize \Eb"on*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ebonized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ebonizing .] To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To give wood the color or texture of ebony.
Usage examples of ebonize.
Many alcoves opened off that huge chamber, with its vaulted ceiling that was painted bright blue, and the walls that were paneled with ebonized wood inlaid with Amboina in a heavily gilded floral pattern, the center panels containing olive-colored Wedgwood plaques.
She walked over to stand in front of the ebonized Eastlake mantel and tilted her head back to study the grainy black-and-white photo.
The little parlor, with its gilt paper and ebonized furniture, was the lightest of the rooms, but it was not very light at noonday without the gas, which the bell-boy now flared up for them.
Berger stands in the living room and looks around at the scroll-end sofa, the revolving bookcase, the ebonized sideboard.