OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 34437

ambergris

/ˈæm.bɚ.ɡɹɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ámbar gris
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.
And as for the other whale, why, I’ll agree to get more oil by chopping up and trying out these three masts of ours, than he’ll get from that bundle of bones; though, now that I th…
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