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<p><b>1.</b> <def>The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Ivory</i> is the name commercially given not only to the substance constituting the tusks of the elephant, but also to that of the tusks of the hippopotamus and walrus, the hornlike tusk of the narwhal, etc.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any carving executed in ivory.</def>

<i>Mollett.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Teeth; <as>as, to show one's <ex>ivories</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<cs><col>Ivory black</col>. <cd>See under <er>Black</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>Ivory gull</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a white Arctic gull (<spn>Larus eburneus</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Ivory nut</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the nut of a species of palm, the <spn>Phytephas macroarpa</spn>, often as large as a hen's egg. When young the seed contains a fluid, which gradually hardness into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous substance, resembling the finest ivory in texture and color, whence it is called <altname>vegetable ivory</altname>. It is wrought into various articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. The palm is found in New Grenada. A smaller kind is the fruit of the <spn>Phytephas microarpa</spn>. The nuts are known in commerce as <i>Corosso<i> nuts.</cd> -- <col>Ivory palm</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the palm tree which produces ivory nuts.</cd> -- <col>Ivory shell</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any species of <spn>Eburna</spn>, a genus of marine gastropod shells, having a smooth surface, usually white with red or brown spots.</cd> -- <col>Vegetable ivory</col>, <cd>the meat of the ivory nut. See <cref>Ivory nut</cref> (above).</cd></cs>

<h1>Ivory-bill</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>I"vo*ry-bill`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (<spn>Campephilus principalis</spn>), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States.</def>

<h1>Ivorytype</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>I"vo*ry*type`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(photog.)</fld> <def>A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; -- called also <altname>hellenotype</altname>.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Ivy</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>I"vy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ivies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[AS. <ets>\'c6fig</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>ebawi</ets>, <ets>ebah</ets>, G. <ets>epheu</ets>.]</ety> (<i>Bot</i>.) <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Hedera</spn> (<spn>H. helix</spn>), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers.</def>

<blockquote>Direct The clasping <b>ivy</b> where to climb. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ye myrtles brown, with <b>ivy</b> never sere. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>American ivy</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Virginia creeper</er>.</cd> -- <col>English ivy</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a popular name in America for the ivy proper (<spn>Hedera helix</spn>).</cd> -- <col>German ivy</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of <spn>Senecio</spn> (<spn>S. scandens</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Ground ivy</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>Gill (<spn>Nepeta Glechoma</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Ivy bush</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Mountain laurel</cref>, under <er>Mountain</er>.</cd> -- <col>Ivy owl</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the barn owl.</cd> -- <col>Ivy tod</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the ivy plant. <i>Tennyson</i>.</cd> -- <col>Japanese ivy</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a climbing plant (<spn>Ampelopsis tricuspidata</spn>), closely related to the Virginia creeper.</cd> -- <col>Poison ivy</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an American woody creeper (<spn>Rhus Toxicodendron</spn>), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons.</cd> -- <col>To pipe in an ivy leaf</col>, <cd>to console one's self as best one can. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Chaucer</i>.</cd> -- <col>West Indian ivy</col>, <cd>a climbing plant of the genus <spn>Marcgravia</spn>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ivy-mantled</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>I"vy-man`tled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Covered with ivy.</def>

<h1>Iwis</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>I*wis"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Indeed; truly. See <er>Ywis</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>iwys</asp>, <asp>iwisse</asp>, etc.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ascham.</i>

<h1>Ixia</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Ix"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ birdlime. So called because of the viscid nature of some of the species.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers.</def>

<h1>Ixodes</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Ix*o"des</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ like birdlime; <?/ birdlime + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See <er>Tick</er>, the insect.</def>

<h1>Ixodian</h1> <Xpage=794>

<hw>Ix*o"di*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A tick of the genus <spn>Ixodes</spn>, or the family <spn>Ixodid\'91</spn>.</def>