ivory
/ˈaɪv(ə)ɹi/ noun B1- The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
- A creamy white color, the color of ivory.
- Something made from or resembling ivory.
- The teeth.
- The keys of a piano; or, the white keys, as opposed to the black keys (ebonies). · to tickle the ivories
- A white person.
- A die (object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance).
Plural ivories
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Rikki, the valiant, the true, Tikki, with eyeballs of flame, Rikk-tikki-tikki, the ivory-fanged, the hunter with eyeballs of flame!
The whole place was turned upside down, drawers burst open, and presses ransacked, with the result that an odd volume of Pope’s ‘Homer,’ two plated candlesticks, an ivory letter-weight, a small oak barometer, and a ball of twine are all that have vanished.”
His face was as set as if it had been carved out of old ivory, and his eyes, which had glanced for a moment at father and child, were now fixed with eager curiosity upon something at the other side of the room.
“What, is it you, Edmond, back again?” said he, with a broad Marseillaise accent, and a grin that displayed his ivory-white teeth.
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