eburneaneburnianadj.
/ɪˈbəːnɪən/ Made of or resembling ivory.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as ivory or bone
white as whale's bonec1275
ivorya1586
ivory-white1595
eburnean1656
eburnine1822
bone-coloured1837
bone-white1850
ivorine1888
ivoried1890
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Eburnean, of Ivory, or white like Ivory.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 97 Of Pelops and far-famed eburnian limb.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1656- to put paid to
- to put paid to the account of
- to put past
- to put pen to paper
- to put plead the béal bocht
- to put pressure on
- to put provision to
- to put quench a person's light
- to put quench a person's lights
- to put salt on the tail
- to put side on
- to put side on a ball
- to put silence to
- to put some period to
- to put someone in hazard
- to put someone off his stroke
- to put someone off stroke
- to put someone on a charge
- to put someone on blast
- to put someone right
- to put someone under the table
- to put something against a person's beard
- to put something down one's neck
- to put something in a person's head
- to put something in delay