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/ˈaɪvəri blæk/ Listen

Ivory black

noun

A black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil.

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"Ivory black" Quotes from Famous Books

... various colored liquids were used, generally black, but sometimes red and sometimes green. The black ink was sometimes manufactured from a species of lampblack or ivory black, such as is often used in modern times for painting. Some specimens of the inkstands which were used in ancient times have been found at Herculaneum, and one of them contained ink, which though too thick to flow readily from the pen, it was still possible to write ...

— Romulus, Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... and most nutritious of meats, but, in the absence of the cow, its udder yields him milk, cream, and a sound though inferior cheese; while from its fat he obtains light, and from its fleece broadcloth, kerseymere, blankets, gloves, and hose. Its bones when burnt make an animal charcoal—ivory black—to polish his boots, and when powdered, a manure for the cultivation of his wheat; the skin, either split or whole, is made into a mat for his carriage, a housing for his horse, or a lining for his hat, and many other ...

— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton

Words linked to "Ivory black" : pigment