ottar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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.
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 Grier, Sydney C.
I see beeg feller, hees hol' de ole boss on hees coat collar wit bees teef, by gar! an' sweem lak ottar.
From The Prospector by Connor, Ralph
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 Hauff, Wilhelm
“Sniff at my ottar of roses,” said Mr. Touchwood; “the scent would revive the dead—why, what in the devil's name is the meaning of this?—you were quite well just now.”
From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir
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