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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A black pigment prepared from charred ivory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fine soft black pigment, prepared from ivory-dust by calcination in closed vessels, in the same way as boneblack.
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- noun a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil
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hernesheir commented on the word ivory black
(n): a fine, soft, black pigment made by burning ivory in a closed vessel; also bone black of a fine quality.
January 11, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word ivory black
Cf. bone char
September 26, 2009