- The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting
the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by
the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their
double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or
utility. - The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc. - Any carving executed in ivory. - Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.
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