Brewer’s: Sable
denotes- of the ages of man, the last; of attributes, wisdom, prudence, integrity, singleness of mind; of birds, the raven or crow; of elements, the earth; ofmetals, iron or lead; of planets, Saturn; of precious stones, the diamond; of trees, the olive; of animals, a sort of weasel.
Sable
black. Expressed in heraldry by horizontal lines crossing perpendicular ones. In English heraldry escutcheons are varied by seven colours; foreign heralds add two more
“So long? Nay, then, let the devil wear black, for I’ll have a suit of sables.” —
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Sablonnière
Sabiens
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