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Definition
an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
- The Turks use it in cooking, and also carry it to Mecca, for the same purpose that frankincense is carried to St. Peter's in Rome.Chapters 91-93 -- The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud; Ambergris; The Castaway (52% in)
There are no more uses of "frankincense" in Moby Dick.
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