umber
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
umber (plural umbers)
- A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
- Alternative form of umbrere
- A grayling.
- A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons.
- Russian: умбра
umber (not comparable)
- Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.
- Their harps are of the umber shade / That hides the blush of waking day.
umber (umbers, present participle umbering; past and past participle umbered)
- (transitive) To give a reddish-brown colour to.
, Charles Hoyle, Exodus - Armies o'er armies heap'd, the locusts came,
Like clouds in autumn umbering all the sky […]
- Armies o'er armies heap'd, the locusts came,
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