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- Ivory - n. - 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.
- Ivory - n. - The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
- Ivory - n. - Any carving executed in ivory.
- Ivory - n. - Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.
- Ivory-bill - n. - A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States.
- Ivorytype - n. - A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; -- called also hellenotype.
- Corosso - n. - The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.
- Turn - v. t. - To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
- Celluloid - n. - A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
- Elephant - n. - A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing.
- Castanets - n. pl. - Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.
- Serrator - n. - The ivory gull (Larus eburneus).
- Eburin - n. - A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc.
- Depolishing - n. - The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain.
- Billiards - n. - A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.
- Taqua-nut - n. - A Central American name for the ivory nut.
- Ivoride - n. - A composition resembling ivory in appearance and used as a substitute for it.
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- G1661 ἐλεφάντινος - 1661 ἐλεφάντινος - ἘΛΕΦΆΝΤΙΝΟΣ - - elephántinos - el-ef-an'-tee-nos - from (an "elephant"); elephantine, i.e. (by implication) composed of ivory:--of ivory. - Adjective - greek
- H7161 קֶרֶן - 7161 קֶרֶן - קֶרֶן - - qeren - keh'-ren - from קָרַן; a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power; [idiom] hill, horn. - - heb
- H8127 שֵׁן - 8127 שֵׁן - שֵׁן - - shên - shane - from שָׁנַן; compare שֶׁנְהַבִּים; a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff; crag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth. - Noun Feminine - heb
- H8143 שֶׁנְהַבִּים - 8143 שֶׁנְהַבִּים - שֶׁנְהַבִּים - - shenhabbîym - shen-hab-beem' - from שֵׁן and the plural apparently of a foreign word; probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk; ivory. - Noun Masculine - heb
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- Amos 30 3:15 - And I will smite the winter house with the summer house ; and the houses of ivory shall perish , and the great houses shall have an end , saith the LORD.
והכיתי בית־החרף על־בית הקיץ ואבדו בתי השׁן וספו בתים רבים נאמ־יהוה - 1 Kings 11 22:39 - Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did , and the ivory house which he made , and all the cities that he built , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ?
ויתר דברי אחאב וכל־אשׁר עשׂה ובית השׁן אשׁר בנה וכל־הערים אשׁר בנה הלוא־הם כתובים על־ספר דברי הימים למלכי ישׂראל - Song of Solomon 22 7:4 - Thy neck is as a tower of ivory ; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim : thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
צוארך כמגדל השׁן עיניך ברכות בחשׁבון על־שׁער בת־רבים אפך כמגדל הלבנון צופה פני דמשׂק - Song of Solomon 22 5:14 - His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl : his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
ידיו גלילי זהב ממלאים בתרשׁישׁ מעיו עשׁת שׁן מעלפת ספירים - Ezekiel 26 27:15 - The men of Dedan were thy merchants ; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand : they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
בני דדן רכליך איים רבים סחרת ידך קרנות שׁן והובנים השׁיבו אשׁכרך
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- Amos 30 6:4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
שָׁכַב מִטָּה שֵׁן סָרַח עֶרֶשׂ אָכַל כַּר צֹאן עֵגֶל תָּוֶךְ מַרְבֵּק - Song of Solomon 22 7:4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
צַוָּאר מִגְדָּל שֵׁן עַיִן בְּרֵכָה חֶשְׁבּוֹן שַׁעַר בַּת רַבִּים אַף מִגְדָּל לְבָנוֹן צָפָה פָּנִים דַּמֶּשֶׂק - Amos 30 3:15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
נָכָה חֹרֶף בַּיִת קַיִץ בַּיִת בַּיִת שֵׁן אָבַד רַב בַּיִת סוּף נְאֻם יְהֹוָה - Psalms 19 45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
בֶּגֶד מֹר אֲהָלִים קְצִיעָה שֵׁן הֵיכָל מֵן שָׂמַח - 1 Kings 11 10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
מֶלֶךְ יָם אֳנִי תַּרְשִׁישׁ אֳנִי חִירָם אֶחָד שָׁלוֹשׁ שָׁנֶה בּוֹא אֳנִי תַּרְשִׁישׁ נָשָׂא זָהָב כֶּסֶף שֶׁנְהַבִּים קוֹף תֻּכִּי