ottar
Britishnoun
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We got the boats alongside, and sent our party on the way to the hotels, for the odor of the basin was not that of ottar of roses.
From Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi by Oliver Optic
My father was an interpreter at the Sublime Porte, carrying on at the same time quite a lucrative trade in ottar of roses and silk goods.
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Wilhelm Hauff
The orange blossom is proverbially chosen for the bridal wreath, and, from the same flower, an essential oil is extracted hardly less esteemed than the celebrated ottar of roses.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
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
Its perfume is nearly equal to that of ottar of roses.
From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by John H. Young
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