ambeer

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There was a gravity in his look, but that was not from any gravity of spirits; it was his swarth complexion that gave him this appearance, aided, no doubt, by several lines of "ambeer" proceeding from the corners of his mouth in the direction of the chin.

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  • There was a gravity in his look, but that was not from any gravity of spirits; it was his swarth complexion that gave him this appearance, aided, no doubt, by several lines of "ambeer" proceeding from the corners of his mouth in the direction of the chin. —  The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire
  • It is neither fair nor dark, but of a dull-brown colour, lighter around the mouth, where it has been bleached by the sun, "ambeer," and water. —  The Scalp Hunters
  • i have read twilght once and immediately fell in love i havve literally read it 5 times in four days i love the book but i wont completely understand it if i DO NOT KNOW EDWARD'S PERSPECTIVE i love your books and i hope you will continue for your true friends please ambeer Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 09: 23 PM EST there are so may question i still have! im convinced that i will fall in love with this book in its entirety even more than i already love the whole series. what was going through Edwards mind when he took Bella to the baseball game? what exactly happened when he was tracking James while Bella was with Alice and Jasper? what did he do when he found out that Bella had ditched out on them at the air port? what was he thinking when he bit her to save her life? how close was he to actually killing her? but most of all what was he doing in the second book in his absence? —  Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
 

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  1. Alteration (influenced by beer, with reference to color and foam of the spittle) of amber (from its color).
 

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