ebony

• The wooden mirror frame's wood was age-darkened so much that it resembled oiled ebony, and the shallow carved vines were nearly invisible. —  The Spellsong War
• The sun shone upon him as on polished ebony, and he raised his hoofs in a little playful dance so lightly and prettily, while he tossed his mane and whinnied with impatience. —  The Adventures of Gerard
• It was only then that Tarma saw that the white clothing she had been wearing had been transmuted to the Warrior's own ebony, as was proper for Kal'enedral. —  Oathbreaker
• By this flickering light, which made the old room, with its heavy timbers and panelled walls, look as if it were built of polished ebony -- the wind roaring and howling without, now rattling the latch and creaking the hinges of the stout oaken door, and now driving at the casement as though it would beat it in -- by this light, and under circumstances so auspicious, Solomon Daisy began his tale: —  Barnaby Rudge
• I passed my hand over my brow. —  A Study in Scarlet

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