In the meantime, Columbus explored for nearly six miles a splendid river which flowed beneath the shade of woods of odoriferous trees.
His odoriferous attempts to please Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees; But we that make no honey, though we sting, Poets, are sometimes apt to maul the thing.
The sight is pleased, The scent regaled, each odoriferous leaf, Each opening blossom freely breathes abroad Its gratitude, and thanks him with its sweets.
May Newton with renew'd delights Perform thine odoriferous rites, While clouds of incense half divine Involve thy disappearing shrine; And so may smoke-inhaling Bull Be always filling, never full.
It now forms the most fragrant and perfect odoriferous spirit (extrait) of the Continental perfumer.
The Inorganic Kingdom yields not a single perfume, so called; nor has the science of chemistry yet been able to produce a single odoriferous compound from matter absolutely inorganic.
These are prepared from odoriferous substances by the usual processes of digestion or percolation.
The emanation of an odoriferous or scent-giving body.
The volatile oils are generally procured by distilling the odoriferous substances along with water; but in a few instances they are obtained by expression, and still more rarely by the action of alcohol.
Strangers to the name and properties of that odoriferous gum, the Saracens, mistaking it for salt, mingled the camphire in their bread, and were astonished at the bitterness of the taste.
The first blush of the morning found the monarch on one of his gilded balconies from which he surveyed the floral glories of his exuberant gardens, inhaling the odoriferous breezes of the peaceful morrow.
The governor walked upon leaves of gold and silver and rich silks, all the ladies as he passed sprinkling him from their windows with odoriferous waters, and strewing him with flowers.
The land produces all kind of garden and medicinal plants, and the mountains are covered with the herb Basil and other odoriferous herbs.
The civets, being celebrated for their odoriferous secretion, are likely animals to have been naturalized.
Dioscorides refers to it as agallochon, a wood brought from Arabia or India, which was odoriferous but with an astringent and bitter taste.
Then, after uttering a few mysterious sentences, and burning a handful of odoriferous herbs, he ordered the Indians and their chief to kneel down and implore Agriskoui.
Leather gearing spun along with a continuous gliding, and there was ceaseless bustle and activity amidst the odoriferous dampness of all the steam.
The wood is the best that can be found for making charcoal, and it yields wine, odoriferous water, sugar, and oil.
These nerves are constructed for transmitting to the mind impressions arising from the floating exhalations of odoriferous substances.
Fishes, in fact, are attracted by certain odoriferous substances, and anglers often use baits impregnated with some volatile oil.
Wash that which remaines, with common water, then dry it slowly, and having put it into a Cornue with a sufficient good expression of fire graduating it by small pieces, there will be extracted an odoriferous oil, as of aspic.
The flowers, in all their gaiety, beauty, and richness, delighted the eye; while their rich fragrance filled the air with odoriferous perfumes.
His description of the sweet smell wafted to the voyagers from the American shore, as from some delicate garden abounding with all kinds of odoriferous flowers, was noticed by Bacon, and utilized by Dryden to flatter one of his patrons.
The soft ooze has become solid rock, but its odoriferous qualities have remained unaltered.
The odoriferous part of the plant is the leaves and young tops, which yield a volatile oil by distillation, from which an essence is prepared; satchels of patchouli are made of coarsely powdered leaves.
The leaves when bruised emit a fine aromatic odor, and a delicate odoriferous oil is distilled from them, which is said to be used as oil of cloves.
The wood is odoriferous and is used in the West Indies as a substitute for sandalwood.
If you want to make a fire which will set a hall in a blaze without injury do this: first perfume the hall with a dense smoke of incense or some other odoriferous substance: It is a good trick to play.
