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umber

noun

  1. 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
  2. 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

  1. Now Dial. shade; shadow
  2. a common European grayling (Thymallus thymallus)

See umber in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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