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- noun Plural form of
spicery .
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Minor articles of exportation are, — general spiceries (ginger, cardamons, &c.); Eastern perfumes, such as aloes-wood, attar of rose, attar of pink and others; tamarinds from
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Then began the poor rogues to gape like old mules, and I caused to be provided for them a banquet, with drink of the best, and store of spiceries, to put the old women in rut and heat of lust.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Then began the poor rogues to gape like old mules, and I caused to be provided for them a banquet, with drink of the best, and store of spiceries, to put the old women in rut and heat of lust.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Amongst other things, they brought us some most remarkable fine puddings, which abounded with aromatic spiceries, that excelled in taste and flavour the most delicate seed-cake.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 Edward Edwards
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However, my brother had swallowed an egg, and was just going to drink a cup of burnt Claret with spiceries, which Robert was cooking over the Cabin stove, with much care and attention, when the Nasty Captain coming down to take a dram from his gin case, set all our stomachs topsy turvy by the smell.
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Love is not sold in the shops, and the grave merchants that trade in the ultimate seas, and send forth argosies even to jewelled Ind, to fetch home rich pearls, and strange outlandish dyes, and spiceries, and the raiment of imperious queens of the old time, have bought and sold no love, for all their traffic.
The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages James Branch Cabell 1918
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The Venetians, during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, carried on a very advantageous commerce in spiceries, and other East India goods, which they distributed among the other nations of Europe.
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Charles: "Inasmuch as you bind yourself to discover in the dominions which belong to us and are ours in the Ocean Sea within the limits of our demarcation, islands and mainlands and rich spiceries, etc."
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The ships of India bring thither all kinds of spiceries, precious stones, and pearls, cloths of silk and gold, elephants 'teeth, and many other articles ....
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Alfred Biese 1893
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In this, there are many spiceries, and great mines of gold and other metals.
The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884
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