eboetree (ebotre)

A leguminous tree, Dipteryx oleifera, of the Mosquito Coast in Central America, the seeds of which yield a large quantity of oil. They resemble the tonquin-bean, but are entirely without fragrance. ebon (eb'on), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also eben, heben, ebene, etc. (cf. D. ebbenhout = G. eben holz (> Dan. ibenholt = Sw. ebenholts ), 'ebony wood'), Drayton, Barons' Wars, iv. Of all those trees that be appropriate to India, Virgil hath highly commended the ebene above the rest. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xii. 4. II. a. 1. Consisting or made of ebony. A gentle youth, his dearely loved Squire, His speare of heben wood behind him bare. Spenser, F. Q., I. vii. 37. But that which I did most admire was, to see the Water keep ebbing for two Days together, without any flood, till 2. Like ebony in color; dark; black. Dampier , Voyages, II. iii. 66. Now, when all is wither'd, shrunk, and dry'd, All virtues ebb'd out to a dead low tide. Donne, Counte of Salisbury. I lay And felt them slowly ebbing , name and fame. Tennyson , Merlin and Vivien. =Syn. To recede, retire, decrease, sink, lower, wane, fall Heaven's ebon vault, Studded with stars unutterably bright, Through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls. Shelley, Queen Mab, iv. away. II, trans. To cause to subside. [Rare.] That disdainful look has pierc'd my soul, and ebb'd my rage to penitence and sorrow. Steele, Lying Lover, ii. 1. ebb-anchor (eb'ang"kor), n. The anchor by which a ship rides during the ebb-tide. ebb-tide (eb'tid), n. The reflux of tide-water; the retiring tide.