ambergreece

See also: amber-greece and amber greece

English

Noun

ambergreece (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of ambergris.
   • 1591, Antonie Knivet, “The admirable aduentures and ſtrange fortunes of Maſter Antonie Knivet” (chapter VII), in Samuel Purchas, compiler, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, volume 4, London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1224:

     We found great ſtore of Ambergreece, which the Indians call Pirapoun Arepoty, here fortune was ſomewhat fauourable vnto me, for I got aboue fiue hundred Crownes in this iourney.

   • 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique:

     […] we were cloſe by the Peninſule Mozambique (part of Quiloa) inhabited by Negroes; abundant in Gold, Silver, and Ambergreece […]