subs. (American).—Chewed-tobacco juice (BARTLETT): also see quot.
1889. C. J. LELAND [A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, s.v. AMBIA. The word AMBIA, as generally used at Princeton, which largely represents the solid South, is not applied to saliva, but to the intensely strong nicotine, or thick brown substance which forms in pipes. I have always supposed that it is merely a Southern variation of amber, which exactly represents its colour.
