ottar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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While we were driving to the ball I asked her about the perfumed gloves with an odor like sandal-wood or like ottar of roses.
From A Few Short Sketches by George Douglass Sherley
These poems differ from others as ottar of roses differs from ordinary rose-water, the close-packed essence from the thin, diluted mixture.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam by John Lord
Add two or three drops of the ottar of roses to disguise the smell.
From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by John H. Young
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 J. W. Duffield
In any case, I thought I should be carrying out Antony's wishes if I paid an official visit to-day, which I did, and was entertained regardless of expense, garlands, ottar, paun and all.
From The Path to Honour by Sydney C. Grier
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