Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
attar .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
attar .
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- noun Alternative form of
attar .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
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Examples
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His descriptions seemed steeped in odours, and his every phrase perfumed in ottar of roses.
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We left them in the clutches of the celebrated Turkish guide, "FAR-AWAY MOSES," who will seduce them into buying a ship-load of ottar of roses, splendid Turkish vestments, and all manner of curious things they can never have any use for.
It Never Changes Rogers 2007
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Also make an emulsion of eight drops of ottar of roses with thirty grains of gum arabic and eight fluid ounces of water; then add three fluid ounces of glycerine, and ten fluid drachms of quince mucilage.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Stir 1/4 of a pound of Castile soap, and place it in a jar near the fire, pour over it 1/2 pint of alcohol; when the soap is dissolved and mixed with the spirit, add 1 ounce of glycerine, the same of oil of almonds, with a few drops of essence of violets, or ottar of roses, then pour it into moulds to cool for use.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Add two ounces of the juice of lily bulbs, two ounces of honey, two drams of rose water, and a drop or two of ottar of roses.
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Add two ounces of the juice of lily bulbs, two ounces of honey, two drams of rose water, and a drop or two of ottar of roses.
Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics B. G. Jefferis
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I went into a perfumery shop in London to purchase a pot of the ottar of roses, which at that time was very rare and expensive.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various
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They were fond of perfumes, and their delightful ottar was the principal favourite.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829 Various
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She lifted from the blue silk cushions of the carriage a small half-clipped black poodle with a bow of blue ribbon on its forehead, tucked it under her arm, stepped down to the street, and passed into the courtyard, leaving an odour of ottar of roses behind her.
The Eternal City Hall Caine 1892
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He wanted the ottar of roses and not a rose garden, the diamond and not a mountain of carbon.
The Last Harvest John Burroughs 1879
bilby commented on the word ottar
Apparently you ottar spell it the other way.
February 1, 2016