| 单词 | to touch ivory |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto touch ivory c. slang (usually plural) (a) Dice; to touch ivory, to play at dice. (b) Billiard balls. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > die or dice diec1330 bicched bonesc1386 bonec1405 dalyc1440 huckle-bone1542 devil's bones1597 tat1688 St Hugh's bones1785 ivory1830 astragal1850 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (intransitive)] taveleOE dicec1440 rifle1590 to shake the elbow1705 jeff1837 to touch ivory1864 to roll (the, them) bones1891 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > ball bowl1530 billiard-balla1637 pool ball1838 roly-poly1850 ivory1888 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. iv. 64 Suppose we adjourn to Fish Lane, and rattle the ivories! 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 207/1 Ivory is also the name for a pass-ticket on a railway, or subscriber's admission to a theatre, public gardens, etc. 1864 G. A. Sala Quite Alone vii Yes, I will promise you I will keep my head cool, and won't touch ivory tonight. 1875 W. Maskell Ivories 15 The famous Assyrian ivories..which are..preserved in the British Museum. 1875 W. Maskell Ivories 119 I advised that the ivories should be taken out of the wooden frames. 1888 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 28 Nov. (Farmer) On new premises..where erstwhile the click of ivories was heard. 1899 A. West Recoll. I. iii. 95 I was given what was known as an ‘ivory’ for Lord Dudley's double box on the grand tier. < as lemmas |
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