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AM'BER, n. [In 1Kings 10:2-10, the Arabic is rendered spices. The Arabic word is rendered by Castle, amber, a marine fish, a shield made of skins, crocus and fimus.] A hard semi-pellucid substance, tasteless and without smell, except when pounded or heated, when it emits a fragrant odor. It is found in alluvial soils, or on the sea shore, in many places; particularly on the shores of the Baltic, in Europe, and at Cape Sable, in Maryland, in the United States. The ancient opinion of its vegetable origin seems now to be established, and it is believed or known to be a fossil resin. It yields by distillation an empyreumatic oil, and succinic acid, which sublimes in small white needles. Its color usually presents some tinge of yellow. it is highly electrical, and is the basis of a varnish.AM'BER, a. Consisting of, or resembling amber. AM'BER, v.t. To scent with amber.
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AM'BER, n. [In 1Kings 10:2-10, the Arabic is rendered spices. The Arabic word is rendered by Castle, amber, a marine fish, a shield made of skins, crocus and fimus.] A hard semi-pellucid substance, tasteless and without smell, except when pounded or heated, when it emits a fragrant odor. It is found in alluvial soils, or on the sea shore, in many places; particularly on the shores of the Baltic, in Europe, and at Cape Sable, in Maryland, in the United States. The ancient opinion of its vegetable origin seems now to be established, and it is believed or known to be a fossil resin. It yields by distillation an empyreumatic oil, and succinic acid, which sublimes in small white needles. Its color usually presents some tinge of yellow. it is highly electrical, and is the basis of a varnish.AM'BER, a. Consisting of, or resembling amber. AM'BER, v.t. To scent with amber. |
AM'BER, a.Consisting of, or resembling amber.
AM'BER, n. [Fr. ambre; Sp. ambar; Port. id; It. ambra; an Oriental word; Pers. عَنَبَرْ anbar or anabar; Ar. عَنْبَرٌ anbaron. In 1 Kings x. 2. 10, the Arabic is rendered, spices. The Arabic word is rendered by Castle, amber, a marine fish, a shield made of skins, crocus and fimus. In Eth. ዐነበረ anbara, is rendered, a whale; and the word is used in Jonah ii. 1. and Matth. xii. 40. This word is placed by Castle under عَنًبَ annaba, to produce grapes, and عَنُب signifies grapes, Ch. and Heb. ענב. The Chaldee verb signifies, to join or connect, and the sense of this worth applied to grapes, is a cluster, like grape in English. It signifies also in Ch. a tumor, a pustule, a mountain, the sense of which is a lump or mass collected and this may be the sense of amber. In German, Dutch, Swedish and Danish, it has the name of burnstone.]A hard semi-pellucid substance, tasteless and without smell, except when pounded or heated, when it emits a fragrant odor. It is found in alluvial soils, or on the sea shore, in many places; particularly on the shores of the Baltic, in Europe, and at Cape Sable, in Maryland, in the United States. The ancient opinion of its vegetable origin seems now to be established, and it is believed or known to be a fossil resin. It yields by distillation an empyreumatic oil, and the succinic acid, which sublimes in small white needles. Its color usually presents some tinge of yellow. It is highly electrical, and is the basis of a varnish. – Journal of Science. Encyc. Chambers.
AM'BER, v.t.To scent with amber. |
Am"ber
- A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as
a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in
many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces,
beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes
strongly electric.
- Consisting
of amber] made of amber.
- To scent or flavor
with ambergris] as, ambered wine.
- Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear
light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
- Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-
colored.
- To preserve in amber; as, an ambered
fly.
- Ambergris.
- The balsam, liquidambar.
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Amber AM'BER, noun [In 1 Kings 10:2-10, the Arabic is rendered spices. The Arabic word is rendered by Castle, amber a marine fish, a shield made of skins, crocus and fimus.] A hard semi-pellucid substance, tasteless and without smell, except when pounded or heated, when it emits a fragrant odor. It is found in alluvial soils, or on the sea shore, in many places; particularly on the shores of the Baltic, in Europe, and at Cape Sable, in Maryland, in the United States. The ancient opinion of its vegetable origin seems now to be established, and it is believed or known to be a fossil resin. It yields by distillation an empyreumatic oil, and succinic acid, which sublimes in small white needles. Its color usually presents some tinge of yellow. it is highly electrical, and is the basis of a varnish. AM'BER, adjective Consisting of, or resembling amber AM'BER, verb transitive To scent with amber |
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