Ivory from the walrus or some similar animal confused with the whale: chiefly in white as whale's bone. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as ivory or bone (9) white as whale's bonec1275 Ivory from the walrus or some similar animal confused with the whale: chiefly in white as whale's bone. Obsolete. ivorya1586 White or smooth as ivory. ivory-white1595 White as ivory; of the colour of ivory. eburnean1656 Made of or resembling ivory. eburnine1822 Ivory-like, ivory-coloured. bone-coloured1837 of the colour of bone; cf. sense 15. bone-white1850 (a) n. a shade of white similar to the colour of bone, typically being an off-white with a grey or yellow tinge; (also occasionally) a thing of… ivorine1888 White and smooth like ivory. ivoried1890 Coloured and smoothed to resemble ivory. |
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