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Entry 8 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Amber

/(ăm"bẽr)/ · Am·ber · IPA /ˈæm.bɚ/
01 n. A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many place…
  1. 1.
    A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.(Min.)
  2. 2.
    Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
  3. 3.
    Ambergris.[Obs.]
    “You that smell of amber at my charge.” — Beau. & Fl.
  4. 4.
    The balsam, liquidambar.
Phrases & compounds
Black amber — and old and popular name for jet.
02 a. Consisting of amber; made of amber.
  1. 1.
    Consisting of amber; made of amber.
  2. 2.
    Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
03 v. t. To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
p. p. & p. a. Ambered
  1. 1.
    To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
  2. 2.
    To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.