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Ambergris

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An ashy-coloured odorous substance used in perfumery, presumed to be a morbid fragment of the intestines of the spermaceti whale, being often found floating on the ocean which it frequents.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ambergris'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/ambergris.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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