See also:

• AMBERGRIS (Ambra grisea, Ambre gris, or grey amber)

AMBERGRIS (Ambra grisea, Ambre gris, or See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey See also:

• AMBER

amber)  , a solid, fatty, inflammable substance of a dull See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey or blackish See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, the shades being variegated like See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble, possessing a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar sweet, earthy odour . It occurs as a biliary See also:

• CONCRETION

concretion in the intestines of the See also:

• SPERMACETI (from Lat. sperma, seed, and cetus, a ' whale)

spermaceti See also:

• WHALE

whale (Physeter macrocephalus), and is found floating upon the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, on the sea-See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, or in' the See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand near the sea-coast . It is met with in the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean; on the coasts of See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil and See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar; also on the coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies, See also:

• CHINA

China, See also:

• JAPAN

Japan and the Molucca islands; but most of the See also:

• AMBERGRIS (Ambra grisea, Ambre gris, or grey amber)

ambergris which is brought to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England comes from the Bahama Islands, See also:

• PROVIDENCE

Providence, &c . It is also sometimes found in the See also:

• ABDOMEN (a Latin word, either from abdere, to hide, or from a form adipomen, from adeps, fat)

abdomen of whales, always in lumps of various shapes and sizes, weighing from z oz. to zoo or more pounds . Ambergris, when taken from the intestinal See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal of See also:

• AMBIGUITY (Fr. ambiguite, med. Lat. ambiguitas, from Lat. ambiguus, doubtful; ambi, both ways, agere, to drive)

AMBIGUITY the sperm whale, is of a deep grey colour, soft consistence and a disagreeable See also:

• SMELL (connected etymologically with " smoulder " and " smoke ")

smell . On exposure to the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air it gradually hardens, becomes See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale and develops its peculiar sweet, earthy odour . In that See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition its specific gravity ranges from 0.78o to o•926 . It melts at about 62° C. to a fatty, yellow resinous-like liquid; and at oo° C. it is volatilized into a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white vapour . It is soluble in See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether, and in volatile and fixed See also:

• OILS (adopted from the Fr. oile, mod. huile, Lat. oleum, olive oil)

oils; it is only feebly acted on by acids . By digesting in hot See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol, a substance termed ambrein, closely resembling cholesterin, is obtained, which separates in brilliant white crystals as the See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution cools . The use of ambergris in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe is now entirely confined to See also:

• PERFUMERY (Lat. per, through, and fumare, to smoke)

perfumery, though it formerly occupied no inconsiderable See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine . In See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute quantities its alcoholic solution is much used for giving a " floral " fragrance to bouquets, washes and other preparations of the perfumer .

It occupies a very important place in the perfumery of the East, and there it is also used in See also:

• PHARMACY

pharmacy and as a flavouring material in See also:

• COOKERY (Lat. coquus, a cook)

cookery . The high See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price it commands makes it peculiarly liable to See also:

• ADULTERATION
• ADULTERATION (from Lat. adulterare, to defile or falsify)

adulteration, but its genuineness is easily tested by its solubility in hot alcohol, its fragrant odour, and its See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform fatty consistence on being penetrated by a hot See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire .