A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Ivor,) Yvor, Yvoire, attrib. and a. [ME. yver(e, yvoyre, yvor, ivor (a 1300–c 1450), OF. yvoire, AF. iviere. The more common Sc. form is Evor.] Ivory: made of ivory; resembling ivory. —1506 Treas. Acc. III. 197.
To Johne Forman he hed laid doun for … powder violet, yvorkames, penhornis a1585 Maitl. Q. xlviii. 71.
With yvoire nek & pomellis round
