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Definition of Ivory black

Ivory black
Black Black, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. --Shak. 2. A black pigment or dye. 3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races. 4. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. (Obs.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery. Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible. --Bacon. That was the full time they used to wear blacks for the death of their fathers. --Sir T. North. 5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black. The black or sight of the eye. --Sir K. Digby. 6. A stain; a spot; a smooch. Defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks of lust. --Rowley. Black and white, writing or print; as, I must have that statement in black and white. Blue black, a pigment of a blue black color. Ivory black, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by calcining ivory or bones. When ground it is the chief ingredient of the ink used in copperplate printing. Berlin black. See under Berlin.

Meaning of Ivory black from wikipedia

- Black Ivory is an American R&B group from Harlem, which had a number of hits in the 1970s, including "Don't Turn Around", "You and I", "Time Is Love"...
- Black Ivory Coffee is a brand of coffee produced by the Black Ivory Coffee Company Ltd in northern Thailand from Arabica coffee beans consumed by elephants...
- formerly made by grinding charred ivory in oil. Nowadays ivory black is considered a synonym for bone black. Actual ivory is no longer used because of the...
- Caves, and as dye in ancient ****an. Ivory black, also known as bone char, was originally produced by burning ivory and mixing the resulting charcoal powder...
- "Ebony and Ivory" is a song that was released in 1982 as a single by Paul McCartney featuring Stevie Wonder. It was issued on 29 March that year as the...
- method for producing carbon black: Ivory black was traditionally produced by charring ivory or bones (see bone char). Vine black was traditionally produced...
- The ivory trade is the commercial, often illegal trade in the ivory tusks of the hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, black and white rhinos, mammoth, and most...
- located in Region A of the City of Johannesburg. Ivory Park is occupied by more than 182 000 black people and is located in the town of Midrand in the...
- The ivory-billed wood**** (Campephilus prin****lis) is a wood**** that is native to the bottomland hardwood forests and temperate coniferous forests...
- by American soul/R&B vocal group, Black Ivory. The album was produced by Robert John, Mike Gately and Black Ivory and released in June 1975 on Buddah...