ebonize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ebonize
    v 1: stain black to make it look like ebony [syn: {ebonize},
         {ebonise}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ebonize \Eb"on*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ebonized}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Ebonizing}.]
   To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to
   ebonize wood.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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