Po*man"der (?), n. [Sp. poma.] (a)

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

(b)

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

[Obs.]

Bacon.

 

© Webster 1913.

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