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grisamber

grisamber noun: ambergris.

Noun

grisamber (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) ambergris
    • With diſhes pill'd, and meats of nobleſt ſort / And ſavor, Beaſts of chase, or Fowl of game, / In paſtry built, or from the ſpit, or boyl'd / Griſ-amber-ſtream'd; all Fiſh from Sea or Shore, / […] Alas how ſimple, to theſe Cates compar'd / Was the crude Apple that diverted Eve!1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 46, lines 340–344...

Origin of grisamber

See ambergris.

Questions about grisamber

What does grisamber mean?
Grisamber means ambergris.
What part of speech is grisamber?
Grisamber is a noun.

Words near grisamber in the dictionary

  1. gris-gris
  2. grisaille
  3. grisailles
  4. Grisales
  5. Grisaleses
  6. grisamber
  7. Grisanti
  8. Grisantis
  9. grisard
  10. grisards
  11. Grisby

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