Ambergris

Definitions

A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Your onely way to make⟳ a good pomander, is this. Take⟳ an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change⟳ of motherleſſe roſe water, then take⟳ the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work⟳ them into what form⟳ you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make⟳ you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.”

“And as for the other whale, why, I’ll agree⟳ to get⟳ more oil by chopping up and trying out these three masts of ours, than he’ll get⟳ from that bundle of bones; though, now that I think⟳ of it, it may contain⟳ something worth a good deal⟳ more than oil; yes, ambergris.”

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