"ebonize" meaning in English

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          "text": "Coordinate term: japan"
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          "ref": "1884, Walter P. Manton, Beginnings with the Microscope: a Working Handbook Containing Simple Instructions in the Art and Method of Using the Microscope and Preparing Objects for Examination, page 58:",
          "text": "To ebonize, the table top is painted over several times with a strong solution of logwood, and when this is nearly dry the whole is brushed over with the iron vinegar...",
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          "ref": "1896, Eleanor Rowe, Hints on Chip-carving and Simple Northern Styles:",
          "text": "Kawrie Pine is a tougher wood, and ebonizes very well, but requires some strength to carve.",
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          "ref": "1998, Dan Cooper, Old House Interiors, Vol. 4, No. 3, page 29:",
          "text": "Ebonized furniture is the DeLorean of the furniture world; few other styles speak so directly of their time and place.",
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          "ref": "2000, Doug Stowe, Simply Beautiful Boxes:",
          "text": "Ebonize and finish the pulls to match the feet and trim strips.",
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          "ref": "2010, Bob Flexner, Understanding Wood Finishing - How to Select and Apply the Right Finish:",
          "text": "The reason black dye works so well for ebonizing wood is that dye is transparent.",
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        "To give wood the color or texture of ebony."
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        "(transitive) To give wood the color or texture of ebony."
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