The Only Use
frankincense
in
Moby Dick
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- 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.†
Chpt 91-93
Definitions:
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(1)
(frankincense) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)