What is a box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made. Fosbroke called?
alabaster — A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made. Fosbroke. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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