OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 45947

spermaceti

/ˌspɜːməˈsiːti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
esperma de ballena • espermaceti
A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, etc.
Moreover, as that of Heidelburgh was always replenished with the most excellent of the wines of the Rhenish valleys, so the tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of al…
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