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Definition of Ivorylike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ivorylike
Literary usage of Ivorylike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1900)
"... rich strings of the ivorylike wampum about his neck, his gayly bedecked and
feathered head, and in shadowy wise revealing the rough walls of the cave, ..."
2. Alice-for-short: A Dichronism by William Frend De Morgan (1907)
"Alice does seem strangely white, or ivorylike; considering that she too has been
baking in the sun, and living most part of the day in a tent on the sands. ..."
3. An Elementary Manual of Chemistry by William Ripley Nichols, William B. Lindsay, Frank Humphreys Storer (1894)
"... but solidifies to a hard, elastic, ivorylike material. It can be colored in
many ways, and is largely used as a substitute for ivory or tortoise shell. ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology by William Allen Pusey (1917)
"The macules may be mistaken for morphea; they are, however, thin, pearly or bluish
white and atrophie, without the ivorylike appearance, the density, ..."
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