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See also:EBONY (Gr. E(3evos) , the See also:wood of various See also:species of trees of the genus Diospyros (natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order Ebenaceae), widely distributed in the tropical parts of the See also:world. The best kinds are very heavy, are of a deep See also:black, and consist of See also:heart-wood only. On See also:account of its See also:colour, durability, hardness and susceptibility of See also:polish, ebony is much used for See also:cabinet See also:work and See also:inlaying, and for the manufacture of See also:pianoforte-keys, See also:knife-handles and turned articles. The best See also:Indian and See also:Ceylon ebony is furnished by D. Ebenum, a native of See also:southern See also:India and Ceylon, which grows in See also:great abundance throughout the See also:flat See also:country See also:west of See also:Trincomalee. The See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree is distinguished from others by the inferior width of its See also:trunk, and its See also:jet-black, charred-looking'bark, beneath which the wood is perfectly See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white tintil the heart is reached. The wood is stated to excel that obtained from D. reticulata of the See also:Mauritius and all other varieties of ebony in the fineness and intensity of its dark colour. Although the centre of the tree alone is employed, reduced logs r to 3 ft. in See also:diameter can readily be procured. Much of the See also:East Indian ebony is yielded by the species D. Melanoxylon (Coromandel ebony), a large tree attaining a height of 6o to 8o ft., and 8 to to ft. in circumference, with irregular rigid branches, and oblong or oblong-lanceolate leaves. The bark of the tree is astringent, and mixed with See also:pepper is used in See also:dysentery by the datives of India. The wood of D. tomentosa, a native of See also:north See also:Bengal, is black, hard and of great See also:weight. D. See also:montana, another Indian species, produces a yellowish-See also:grey soft but durable wood. D. quaesita is the tree from which is obtained the wood known in Ceylon by the name Calamander, derived by Pridham from the Sinhalee kalumindrie, black-flowing. Its closeness of See also:grain, great hardness and See also:fine See also:hazel-See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown colour, mottled and striped with black, render it a valuable material for veneering and See also:furniture making. D. Dendo, a native of See also:Angola, is a valuable See also:timber tree, 25 to 35 ft. high, with a trunk 1 to 2 ft. in diameter. The heart-wood is very black and hard and is known as black ebony, also as See also:billet-wood, and See also:Gabun, See also:Lagos, See also:Calabar or See also:Niger ebony. What is termed See also:Jamaica or West Indian ebony, and also the See also:green ebony of See also:commerce, are produced by Brya Ebenus, a leguminous tree or See also:shrub, having a trunk rarely more than 4 in. in diameter, flexible spiny branches, and See also:orange-yellow, sweet-scented See also:flowers. The heart-wood is See also:rich dark brown in colour, heavier than See also:water, exceedingly hard and capable of receiving a high polish.
From the' See also:book of See also:Ezekiel (See also:xxvii. 15) we learn that ebony was among the articles of merchandise brought to See also:Tyre; and See also:Herodotus states (iii. 97) that the Ethiopians every three years sent a See also:tribute of 200 logs of it to See also:Persia. Ebony was known to See also:Virgil as a product of India (Georg. ii. 116), and was displayed by See also:Pompey the Great in his Mithradatic See also:triumph at See also:Rome. By the ancients it was esteemed of equal value for durability with the See also:cypress and See also:cedar (see See also:Pliny, Nat. Hist. xii. 9, xvi. 79). According to See also:Solinus (Polyhisior, cap. lv. p: 353, See also:Paris, 1621), it was employed by the See also:kings of India for sceptres and images, also, on account of its supposed antagonism to See also:poison, for drinking-cups. The hardness and black colour of the wood appear to have given rise to the tradition related by See also:Pausanias, and alluded to by See also:Southey in Thalaba, i. 22, that the ebony tree produced neither leaves nor See also:fruit, and was never seen exposed to the See also:sun.
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