spermacetti

He now mixed a tablespoonful of spirit of aniseed with a small quantity of spermacetti, and gave it to my infant.

Memoirs of Mary Robinson Mary Elizabeth Robinson 1895

"What spermacetti is, men might justly doubt, since the learned Hosmannus in his work of thirty years, saith plainly, Nescio quid sit."

Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

There are longueurs, but even in the midst of tedious cetological lore, one comes across such disturbing passages as that in which the Pequod's sailors squeeze and squeeze and squeeze handfuls of white spermacetti.

The Sheila Variations 2009

“What spermacetti is, men might justly doubt, since the learned Hosmannus in his work of thirty years, saith plainly,

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

As Carlton raised his lantern and surveyed our surroundings, I could see in its beam a seemingly endless medley of rare and remarkable objets: several mummified cats, the jawbones of a spermacetti whale, an entire stuffed rhinoceros, a Chinese opium pipe, a lifesized wax figurine of Julius Caesar, a precise replica of the famed Liberty Bell that hangs in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall—and much, much more.

Nevermore Harold Schechter 1999

"What spermacetti is, men might justly doubt, since the learned

Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

"What spermacetti is, men might justly doubt, since the learned

Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

“What spermacetti is, men might justly doubt, since the learned Hosmannus in his work of thirty years, saith plainly,

Moby-Dick, or, The whale 1851