IVORY
\ˈa͡ɪvəɹˌi], \ˈaɪvəɹˌi], \ˈaɪ_v_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
Definitions of IVORY
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
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Any carving executed in ivory.
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Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.
By Oddity Software
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The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
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Any carving executed in ivory.
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Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.
By Noah Webster.
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The hard, bony, white substance which forms the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
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Made of, or like, ivory.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The bard, white substance composing the tusks of the elephant and of the sea-horse.
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Made of or resembling ivory.
By Daniel Lyons
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Made of or resembling ivory.
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The hard, white, elastic substance of the tusks of certain animals, as the elephant.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Dentine of teeth, usually that of the elephant's tusks and similar structures, formed from the odontoblasts.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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The tusk of the elephant. It is chiefly composed of phosphate of lime, and is used for the fabrication of pessaries, artificial teeth, handles of instruments, etc. Formerly, when calcined to whiteness, it entered into some pharmaceutical preparations. It was regarded as astringent and anthelmintic, and was called Spo'dium. The dentine is the ivory of the human tooth. See Tooth.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The dense, white, elastic substance of the tusks of the elephant, etc. Its chemical composition resembles that of bone and of the teeth.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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