ambergris

ambergris englannista suomeksi

1. harmaa ambra, ambra

0. Substantiivi

1. ambra

ambergris englanniksi

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

2. (quote-book)|title=(play)|Lingva: Or The Combat of the Tongue, and the Five Senses for Superiority. A Pleasant Comœdie.|location=London|publisher=Printed by Eld|George Eld, for Simon Waterson|year=1607|section=act IV, scene iii|sectionurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=u1dOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP138|oclc=52434902|passage=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.

3. (RQ:Melville Moby-Dick)

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