or Sable Animal, in Zoology, a creature of the weasel-kind, called by authors mustela zibellina. See MAMMALIA.

Cape, the most southerly province of Nova Scotia, in North America. Long. 65. 34. W. Lat. 43. 24. N.

in Heraldry, signifies black, and is borrowed from the French, as are most terms in this science. In engraving it is expressed by both horizontal and perpendicular lines crossing each other. Sable of itself signifies constancy, learning, and grief; and ancient heralds will have it, that when it is compounded with

| Or. | Arg. | Gul. | Azu. | Ver. | Pur. | |-----|------|------|------|------|------| | Honour. | Fame. | Respect. | Application. | Comfort. | Austerity. |