See also:

• POMANDER (from Fr. pomme d'ambre, i.e. apple of amber)

POMANDER (from Fr. pomme d'ambre, i.e. See also:

• APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple of See also:

• AMBER

amber)  , a See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball made of perfumes, such as See also:

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

ambergris (whence the name), See also:

• MUSK (Med. Lat. muscus, late Gr. µbvXos, possibly Pers. mushk, from Sansk. mushka, the scrotum)

musk, See also:

• CIVET

civet, &c., and formerly worn or carried in a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, also known by the same name, as a See also:

• PROTECTION

protection against infection in times of pestilence or merely as a useful See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article to modify See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad smells . The globular cases which contained the " pomanders " were hung from a See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck-See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain or attached to the See also:

• GIRDLE (O. Eng. gyrdel, from gyrdan, to gird; cf. Ger. Gurtel, Dutch gordel, from giirten and gorden; "gird" and its doublet " girth " together with the other Teutonic cognates have been referred by some to the root ghar—to seize, enclose, seen in Gr. )(s

girdle, and were usually perforated and made of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold or See also:

• SILVER

silver . Sometimes they contained several partitions, in each of which was placed a different perfume . There is an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• POMANDER (from Fr. pomme d'ambre, i.e. apple of amber)

pomander set with emeralds, and a See also:

• FINE

fine 16th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century one, dredged from the See also:

• THAMES

Thames, in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum .