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Webster 1913 Edition
Eburnine
Eb′ur-nine
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to ivory.
“[She] read from tablet eburnine.” Sir W. Scott.
Definition 2024
eburnine
eburnine
English
Adjective
eburnine (comparative more eburnine, superlative most eburnine)
- (rare) Like ivory.
- 1958, Lawrence Durrell, Balthazar:
- On a square of grey silk lay several objects with a direct relationship to our brimming thoughts – the great hatpin with its ugly blue stone head, and the eburnine ring of my lover which I could not see even now without a pang.
- 1958, Lawrence Durrell, Balthazar: