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- noun Alternative form of
ambergris .
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Examples
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The people of the said Citie doe traffique vnto the Citie of Mosco: their commodities are spices, muske, ambergreese, rubarbe, with other drugs.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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"linet and ambergreese," to perfume their linen chests, for lavender thrived not in New England.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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