sable

adj : dark somewhat brownish black

n 1: an artist's brush made of sable hair [syn: {sable's hair

pencil}]

2: the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

3: a very dark black [syn: {coal black}, {ebony}, {jet black},

{pitch black}, {soot black}]

4: a scarf (or trimming) made of sable

5: marten of North Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown

fur [syn: {Martes zibellina}]

ABLE

A simple language for accountants.

["ABLE, The Accounting Language, Programming and Reference

Manual," Evansville Data Proc Center, Evansville, IN, Mar

1975].

[Listed in SIGPLAN Notices 13(11):56 (Nov 1978)].

(1994-11-08)