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  • She then commanded her damsels to clear the Hammam-bath and cleanse it and fill it afresh and get ready towels and waist-cloths and silken napkins [FN#80] and scented woods and essences, as virgin ambergris and ottars and perfumes of vari-coloured hues and kinds.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • With these coins I will buy merchandise and jewels and ottars [FN#660] and gain great profit on them; till, Allah willing, I will make my capital an hundred thousand dirhams.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Now this ancient dame was sweet of speech and winsome of wit; so he gave her costly and delicious ottars and said to her, "Get thee to the king's slave-girls and sell them these essences and win thy way to the damsel and ask her if she desire her master or not."

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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