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 Eb’lis or Ibleis.Ebu’dæ. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Eb’ony.
 
God’s image done in ebony. Negroes. Thomas Fuller gave birth to this expression.   1
 


 Eb’lis or Ibleis.Ebu’dæ. 

 
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