sambuca

suomi-englanti sanakirja

sambuca englannista suomeksi

An Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavoured with licorice, traditionally served with 3 beans that represent health, wealth and fortune (or past, present and future).
An ancient form of triangular harp having a very sharp, shrill tone.
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An ancient type of ship-borne engine.
(quote-book )“Shall we perſiſt,” ſaid he to his workmen and engineers, “in making war with this Briareus of a geometrician, who treats my gallies and ſambucae ſo rudely? He infinitely exceeds the fabled giants with their hundred hands, in his perpetual and ſurpriſing diſcharges upon us.”
(quote-book )There were fewer projectiles coming down here, because the enemy artillerymen were concentrating on the Romans directly below their positions. Some way off to his right, the sambuca on the craft that had come in at the same time as theirs had just been grabbed by another iron claw.
(l), sambuke
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