1. (n.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.

2. (n.) The fur of the sable.

3. (n.) A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.

4. (n.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.

5. (a.) of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.

6. (v. t.) To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.

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