musk

• 'But what a strange scent The whole air was full of the odour of musk, as from the unseen presence of some musk-breathing insect or animal. —  The Child of Pleasure
• That extract of musk which is prepared for retail sale, is prepared thus EXTRAIT DE MUSC Extract of musk (as above 1 pint ambergris 1/2 rose triple 1/4 Mix and filter it; it is then fit for bottling This preparation is sweeter than pure extract of musk made according to our first formula, and is also more profitable to the vendor. —  The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
• It is used among the natives It will carry six or seven picos of musk, which is used by the people of the country. —  The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
• A cat hunted for his musk is, according to Pope's account, but the emblem of a wit winded by booksellers. —  Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope
• 210. One wrote upon her cheek with musk, his name was Ja'afar highs, iv. —  Arabian nights. English

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