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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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  • (n): a fine, soft, black pigment made by burning ivory in a closed vessel; also bone black of a fine quality.

    January 11, 2009

  • Cf. bone char

    September 26, 2009