ambergreece

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A form of ambergris — A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull gray to blackish color, formed within the intestines of the sperm whale and used in the production of perfumes.

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Meanings

nounambergreece (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of ambergris.

    […] we were cloſe by the Peninſule Mozambique (part of Quiloa) inhabited by Negroes; abundant in Gold, Silver, and Ambergreece […]

    1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
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    We found great ſtore of Ambergreece, which the Indians call Pirapoun Arepoty, here fortune was ſomewhat fauourable vnto me, for I got aboue fiue hundred Crownes in this iourney.

    1591, Anthony Knivet, “The Admirable Aduentures and Strange Fortunes of Master Antonie Knivet, which Went with Master Thomas Candish in His Second Voyage to the South Sea”, in [Samuel] Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 4th part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], published 1625, →OCLC, 6th book, § 3, page 1224
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