Definitionn. waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore
Last update: October 18, 2015
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Anbar, probably through the Spanish, but this word referred originally to ambergris, which is an animal substance quite distinct from yellow amber. [Please select]
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Ambergris is also produced from the body of the sperm whale. [Please select]
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[287] At times the natives have found large pieces of ambergris on the coasts. [Please select]
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A modern compiler, speaking of ambergris, says, "It smells like dried cow-dung." [Please select]
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Extract of ambergris, 1 " Essence of musk, 1/4 " Extract of vanilla, 2 ounces. [Please select]
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Ambergris is a secretion formed in the intestines of the sperm whale. [Please select]
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Most of the ambergris of commerce is obtained from the neighborhood of the Bahama Islands. [Please select]
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Then they built for Sohrab a tomb like to a horse's hoof, and Rustem laid him therein in a chamber of gold perfumed with ambergris. [Please select]
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On a throne, jewelled and overspread with silken stuffs, sat a girl the splendour of whose beauty lighted up the place, and whose ambergris and attar perfumed the whole air. [Please select]
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