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Meanings of ambergris in English
Substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales.
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Examples for "gray amber"
Examples for "gray amber"
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While thus ruminating, the mate and Louis began a desultory conversation concerning what they termed "ambergrease."
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In the sunshine, the church tower was like grey amber.
2
Though the word ambergris is but the French compound for grey amber, yet the two substances are quite distinct.
Usage of ambergris in English
1
He had doused himself in ambergris in honor of the occasion tonight.
2
From time to time black slaves brought them coffee flavored with ambergris.
3
This often finds its way onto beaches and is called ambergris.
4
At times the natives have found large pieces of ambergris on the coasts.
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Facts began to be hunted for like the ambergris and ivory of commerce.
6
The present-day use of ambergris is to impart to perfumes a floral fragrance.
7
First you clean her skin with ambergris oil, using the white lamb's wool-
8
His nostrils breathe ambergris and musk; and his countenance has the lustre of diamonds.
9
She was using the same heavy animal perfume as her mother-ambergris, musk, and castor!
10
These disc hooks are often found in ambergris, an excretion of the sperm whale.
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In this case, however, ambergris failed to deliver total satisfaction.
12
The Male and Female Islands I put into for ambergris.
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The coasts abound with fish and large turtles, and furnish also coral and ambergris.
14
And the scent of ambergris left clinging to her cloak.
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But most people believed the jelly-looking find to be ambergris.
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A faint breath of ambergris was borne to his nostrils.
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