Emily Dickinson Lexicon

I'VO-RY, n. [Fr. ivoire; It. avorio; L. ebur.]

The tusk of an elephant, a hard, solid substance, of a fine white color. This tooth is sometimes six or seven feet in length, hollow from the base to a certain highth, and filled with a compact medullary substance, seeming to contain a great number of glands. The ivory of Ceylon and Achem does not become yellow in wearing, and hence is preferred to that of Guinea. Encyc.

I'VO-RY-BLACK, n.

A fine kind of soft blacking, made by charring ivory.

I'VY, n. [Sax. ifig; G. epheu.]

An epiphytic plant of the genus Hedera, which creeps along the ground, or if it finds support, rises on trees or buildings, climbing to a great highth. Direct the clasping ivy where to climb. Milton.

I'VY-ED, a.

Overgrown with ivy. Warton.      

I-VY-MAN'TLED, a.

Covered with ivy.