单词 | ambering |
释义 | amberingn.ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > action of perfuming gumming1419 perfuming1567 sweetening1591 aromatization1603 aromatizing1606 ambering1682 scenting1855 1682 Philos. Coll. (Royal Soc.) No. 4. 105 A way of Ambering and perfuming in infinitum, ex gratiȃ, buying for a Ducat or more Amber and other requisites, and Enambering therewith one hundred or a thousand pound Sugar. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ambering is used by some writers to denote the giving a scent or perfume of amber to anything. 2. The action or process of making something amber in colour. Also: the result of this; amber colouring. ΚΠ 1950 D. G. Sorber Use of Ethylene in Harvesting Persian Walnut (U.S. Dept. Agric. Technical Bull. No. 996) 33 To prevent the chemical changes causing ambering at this point, a cool temperature is required. 1961 Times 1 Dec. 14/6 There are of course other portents [of the coming of autumn]: the crimsoning of vines, the ambering of almonds, [etc.]. 2000 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 15 June fn3 If your pan has a highly polished outer surface, some ambering may occur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1682 |
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