eburnineadj.
/ɪˈbəːnʌɪn/ rare.
Ivory-like, ivory-coloured.
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white as whale's bonec1275
ivorya1586
ivory-white1595
eburnean1656
eburnine1822
bone-coloured1837
bone-white1850
ivorine1888
ivoried1890
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 669 Arms and bosom eburnine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1822- housetohouse
- housetop
- housetops
- housetrain
- housetrained
- housetraining
- housetrains
- hunting-saddle
- hunting-season
- hunting-seat
- hunting-shirt
- hunting-shirted
- hunting-skirt
- hunting-song
- hunting-spear
- hunting-spur
- hunting-stable
- hunting-staff
- hunting-sword
- hunting-term
- hunting-tide
- hunting-toil
- hunting-up
- hunting-voyage
- hunting-watch