Ivory

ī′vo-ri, n. the hard, white substance composing the tusks of the elephant and of the sea-horse.— adj. made of, or resembling, ivory.— adj. I′voried , made like ivory: furnished with teeth.— ns. I′vory-black , a black powder, originally made from burnt ivory, but now from bone; I′vory-nut , the nut of a species of palm, containing a substance like ivory; I′vory-palm , the tree which bears the ivory-nut; I′vory-por′celain , a fine ware with an ivory-white glaze.— Show one's ivories , to show the teeth. [O. Fr. ivurie (Fr. ivoire )—L. ebur , eboris , ivory; Coptic ebu ; Sans. ibhas , an elephant.]