▪ I. ˈivorine, a.
Also 4 yuerene, 5 yvoriene.
[In ME. a. OF. ivorin, ivoirin, f. ivoire ivory + -in (see -ine1); in mod. use app. a new formation.]
† 1. Consisting or made of ivory. Obs.
| 1382 Wyclif Song Sol. vii. 4 Thi necke as an yuerene tour [1388 a tour of yuer]. c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun 5017 Thilk throne figurede yvoriene On whilk the kyng wysest Salomon to sitte was sene. |
2. White and smooth like ivory.
| 1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 740 The ivorine loveliness of glossy shoulders. |
▪ II. ˈivorine, n.
[f. ivory + -ine4.]
A tradename for various productions: either such as imitate ivory or (as cosmetics, dentifrices, etc.) produce an ivory-like colour or smoothness. Also attrib.
| 1897 Daily News 23 Mar. 7/1 Picture books, ivorine plaques. a 1900 Price List. Cosmetics..‘Ivorine’ (emollient cream for the skin). Dentifrices, Tooth Pastes, etc...Ivorine. |