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‖ cherˈnites [Gr. χερνίτης.] An ivory-like marble.
1731Bailey vol. II, Chernites, a stone like ivory used by the ancients to preserve dead bodies in. 1861C. King Ant. Gems (1866) 8 The ‘Chernites’ is described as a stone only differing from ivory in its superior hardness and density: the sarcophagus of Darius the Great was made of it. |