Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The conversion of substances into others which have the appearance or density of ivory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
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- noun The
conversion of certainsubstances into others which have the appearance or characteristics ofivory .
Etymologies
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Latin eburnus of ivory, from ebur ivory + facere to make.
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