embalm
embalm is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume. With fresh dews embalmed the earth. Milton.
- 2.To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance. Those tears eternal that embalm the dead. Pope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agalloch
- ambrosial
- aroma
- aromatic
- attar
- balm
- balmy
- bay
- bergamot
- bottle
- bouquet
- calambac
- calambour
- civet
- essence
- essential
- eucalyptus
- fragrance
- fragrant
- frankincense
- have
- horehound
- incense
- lign-aloes
- lotion
- marrubium
- mint
- muscadine
- musk
- muskrat
- myrcia
- myrrh
- nosegay
- oil
- olibanum
- ottar
- otto
- pastil
- pastille
- perfumatory
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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