ottar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Take the marrow out of a beef shank bone, melt it in a vessel placed over or in boiling water, then strain and scent to liking, with ottar of roses or other perfume.
From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by Young, John H.
They were fond of perfumes, and their delightful ottar was the principal favourite.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829 by Various
Fresh beef marrow, boiled with a little almond oil or sweet oil, and scented with ottar of roses or other mild perfume.
From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by Young, John H.
But do you catch any whiff here that reminds you of ottar of roses or the perfume wafted from ‘Araby the blest?’
From Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator by Duffield, J. W.
Five ounces oil of sweet almonds, three ounces spermaceti, half an ounce of white wax, and three to five drops ottar of roses.
From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by Young, John H.
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