"umber" Definition

Definitions for the word "umber" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
An umbrere.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
See Grayling, 1.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 natural pigment like ochre but darker and browner. 2 colour of this. adj. Of this colour. [latin umbra shadow]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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