[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ivory \i"vory\ imac"v-ory^, n.; pl. ivories. oe.
   ivori, f. ivoire, fr. l. eboreus made of ivory, fr. ebur,
   eboris, ivory, cf. skr. ibha elephant. cf. eburnean.
   1913 webster
   1. the hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance
      constituting the tusks of the elephant. it is a variety of
      dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close
      arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure.
      it is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or
      utility.
      1913 webster

   note: ivory is the name commercially given not only to the
         substance constituting the tusks of the elephant, but
         also to that of the tusks of the hippopotamus and
         walrus, the hornlike tusk of the narwhal, etc.
         1913 webster

   2. the tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
      1913 webster

   3. any carving executed in ivory. --mollett.
      1913 webster

   4. pl. teeth; as, to show one's ivories. slang
      1913 webster

   ivory black. see under black, n.

   ivory gull zool., a white arctic gull larus eburneus.
      

   ivory nut bot., the nut of a species of palm, the
      phytephas macroarpa, often as large as a hen's egg. when
      young the seed contains a fluid, which gradually hardness
      into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous substance,
      resembling the finest ivory in texture and color, whence
      it is called vegetable ivory. it is wrought into various
      articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. the palm is found in
      new grenada. a smaller kind is the fruit of the phytephas
      microarpa. the nuts are known in commerce as corosso
      nuts.

   ivory palm bot., the palm tree which produces ivory nuts.
      

   ivory shell zool., any species of eburna, a genus of
      marine gastropod shells, having a smooth surface, usually
      white with red or brown spots.

   vegetable ivory, the meat of the ivory nut. see ivory nut
      above.
      1913 webster ivorybill
see also:
ivories eburnean ivory black black ivory gull larus eburneus 
ivory nut phytephas macroarpa vegetable ivory phytephas microarpa ivory palm 
ivory shell eburna vegetable ivory 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

black \black\, n.
   1. that which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest
      color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth
      has a good black.
      1913 webster

            black is the badge of hell,
            the hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a black pigment or dye.
      1913 webster

   3. a negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or
      shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain
      african races.
      1913 webster

   4. a black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. obs.
      mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
      1913 webster

            friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the
            like show death terrible.             --bacon.
      1913 webster

            that was the full time they used to wear blacks for
            the death of their fathers.           --sir t.
                                                  north.
      1913 webster

   5. the part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest
      by being black.
      1913 webster

            the black or sight of the eye.        --sir k.
                                                  digby.
      1913 webster

   6. a stain; a spot; a smooch.
      1913 webster

            defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks
            of lust.                              --rowley.
      1913 webster

   black and white, writing or print; as, i must have that
      statement in black and white.

   blue black, a pigment of a blue black color.

   ivory black, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by
      calcining ivory or bones. when ground it is the chief
      ingredient of the ink used in copperplate printing.

   berlin black. see under berlin.
      1913 webster
see also:
black and white blue black ivory black berlin black berlin 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ivory black
     n : a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil

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