Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ebon \Eb"on\, a.
   1. Consisting of ebony.

   2. Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.

            Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne. --Young.

Ebon \Eb"on\, n.
   Ebony. [Poetic] ``Framed of ebon and ivory.'' --Sir W. Scott.

Source : WordNet®

ebon
     adj : very dark black [syn: {ebony}]