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Significados de ambergris em inglês

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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."
The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
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In the sunshine, the church tower was like grey amber.
Eyeless in Gaza
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Though the word ambergris is but the French compound for grey amber, yet the two substances are quite distinct.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Uso de ambergris em inglês
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He had doused himself in ambergris in honor of the occasion tonight.
The story of cirrus flux
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From time to time black slaves brought them coffee flavored with ambergris.
Sacrifice
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This often finds its way onto beaches and is called ambergris.
BBC
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At times the natives have found large pieces of ambergris on the coasts.
History of the Philippine Islands
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Facts began to be hunted for like the ambergris and ivory of commerce.
The Arena, Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891
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The present-day use of ambergris is to impart to perfumes a floral fragrance.
The New North
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First you clean her skin with ambergris oil, using the white lamb's wool-
House of Bathory
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His nostrils breathe ambergris and musk; and his countenance has the lustre of diamonds.
The History of Sumatra / Containing An Account Of The Government...
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She was using the same heavy animal perfume as her mother-ambergris, musk, and castor!
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
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These disc hooks are often found in ambergris, an excretion of the sperm whale.
Ranching, Sport and Travel
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In this case, however, ambergris failed to deliver total satisfaction.
Jitterbug Perfume
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The Male and Female Islands I put into for ambergris.
Messer Marco Polo
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The coasts abound with fish and large turtles, and furnish also coral and ambergris.
The World of Waters, Or, A Peaceful Progress O'er the Unpathed S...
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And the scent of ambergris left clinging to her cloak.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
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But most people believed the jelly-looking find to be ambergris.
News.com.au
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A faint breath of ambergris was borne to his nostrils.
Brood of the Witch-Queen
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