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umber
noun
- a kind of earth containing oxides of manganese and iron, used as a pigment: raw umber is yellowish-brown; burnt, or calcined, umber is reddish-brown
- a yellowish-brown or reddish-brown color
adjective
of the color of raw umber or burnt umber
transitive verb
to color with or as with umber
noun
- Now Dial. shade; shadow
- a common European grayling (Thymallus thymallus)
See umber in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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