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ivoried, a.|ˈaɪvərɪd| Also 4 ivoyred. [f. ivory + -ed2.] †a. Made of ivory. Obs. b. Coloured and smoothed to resemble ivory. c. Furnished with ivory, or (humorous) with teeth.
a1300E.E. Psalter xliv. 9 [xlv. 8] Mir, and drope, and bike of schroudes þine, Of houses ivoyred bright þat shine. 1890in Cent. Dict. 189319th Cent. Nov. 843 On thy bare and ivoried shoulder. 1928Hardy Coll. Poems 156, I borrowed deep to carve the screen And raise the ivoried Rood. 1945W. de la Mare Burning-Glass 76 Tipped arrow, ivoried bow, and rain-soaked quiver. |