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noun

Pomander n.

A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball.

A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; more properly pomander box. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pomander" Quotes from Famous Books

... So joyously, So maidenly, So womanly, Her demeaning, In everything, Far, far passing, That I can indite, Or suffice to write, Of merry Margaret, As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon, Or hawk of the tower; As patient and as still, And as full of good-will, As fair Isiphil, Coliander, Sweet Pomander, Good Cassander; Steadfast of thought, Well made, well wrought. Far may be sought, Ere you can find So courteous, so kind, As merry Margaret, This midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon, Or ...

— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan

... in them all. He saw them at night, and they troubled his imagination in the day. The Renaissance knew of strange manners of poisoning—poisoning by a helmet and a lighted torch, by an embroidered glove and a jewelled fan, by a gilded pomander and by an amber chain. Dorian Gray had been poisoned by a book. There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realise his conception ...

— The Picture of Dorian Gray • Oscar Wilde