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AMALGAMA TING, pprn Compounding quicksilver with AMBASSAGE, } n. An embassy.

another metal; compounding.

A-MAL-GAM-ATION, n. 1. The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores, by means of mercury. Ure. 2. The mixing or blending of different things.

TA-MALGAME, v. t. To compound metals by amalgamation.-Chaucer.

TA-MAND', v. t. To send one away. Cockeram.
AM-AN-DATION, n. Sending on a message.
A-MANDO-LA, n. A variety of green marble.

A-MAN-U-EN'SIS, n. [L. from manus.) A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.

AM'A-RANTΤΗ, 3η. [Gr. αμαραντος.] 1. Flower-gentle; a
AM-A-RANTHUS, genus of plants, of many species. -
2. In poetry, an imaginary flower that never fades.-Milton.
AM'A-RANTH, n. A color inclining to purple.

AM-A-RANTHΥΝΕ, a. Belonging to amaranth; consisting
of, containing, or resembling amaranth.
A-MART-TUDE, n. [L. amaritudo.] Bitterness. [Rare.]
FA-MAR'U-LENCE, n. Bitterness.

A-MAR'U-LENT, a. Bitter.

AM-A-RYL'LIS, n. In botany, lily-asphodel.

A-MASS, v. t. (Fr. amasser.] 1. To collect into a heap; to gather a great quantity. 2. To collect in great numbers; to add many things together.-SYN. To accumulate; heap up; pile.

A-MASS', n. An assemblage, heap, or accumulation. [This is superseded by mass.]

A-MÄSSED (a-mäst), pp. Collected in a heap, or in a great quantity or number; accumulated. A-MÄSSING, ppr. Collecting in a heap, or in a large quantity or number.

A-MASSMENT, n. A heap collected; an accumulation. †A-MATE', v. i. To accompany; also, to terrify, to perplex. AM-A-TEUR', n. [Fr.) A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, as to music or painting. More particularly, one who cultivates any study or art from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.

AMA-TIVE-NESS, n. Propensity to love.

AM-A-TOR'CU-LIST, n. An insignificant lover. AM-A-TORI-AL, a. [L. amatorius.] 1. Relating to love; AM-A-TO'RI-OUS, causing love; produced by sexual inAM'A-TO-RY, tercourse.-2. In anatomy, a term applied to the oblique muscles of the eye. AM-A-TORI-AL-LY, adv. In an amatorial manner. AM-A-TO'RI-AN, a. Pertaining to love; as, amatorian odes. AM-AUR-O'SIS, n. [Gr. αμαυρός.] A loss or decay of sight, without any visible defect in the eye, except an immovable pupil; called, also, gutta serena, the "drop serene" of

Milton.

A-MAUSTTE, n. See PETROSILEX.

A-MAZE, v. 1. To fill with fear, sudden surprise, or wonder.-SYN. To astonish; confound; perplex.

A-MAZE', n. Astonishment; confusion; perplexity, arising from fear or wonder. It is chiefly used in poetry, and is nearly synonymous with amazement.

A-MAZED (a-mazd), pp. Astonished; confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder. A-MAZED-LY, adv. With amazement; in a manner to confound. [Little used.]

A-MAZED-NESS, n. The state of being confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; astonishment; great wonder. A-MAZEMENT, n. A feeling created by a sudden impression of fear, surprise, or wonder.-SYN. Astonishment; wonder; surprise; confusion; perplexity; admiration.

A-MAZ-ING, ppr. 1. Confounding with fear, surprise, or wonder. 2. a. Very wonderful; exciting astonishment or perplexity.

A-MAZING-LY, adv. In an astonishing degree. ΑΜΑ-ΖΟΝ, η. [Gr. a and μαζος.] 1. The Amazons are said, by historians, to have been a race of female warriors, who founded an empire on the River Thermodon, in Asia Minor. 2. A warlike or masculine woman; a virago.

AM-A-ZONI-AN, a. 1. Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon. Applied to females, bold; of masculine imanners; warlike. 2. Belonging to the River Amazon or Maranon, in South America, or to Amazonia.

AMB, About; around; used in composition. [Sax. emb,
AM, ymb; W. am; Gr. αμφι; L. am or amb.]
AM-BAGES, n. [L. amb and ago.] 1. A circumlocution; a
circuit of words to express ideas which may be expressed
in fewer words. 2. A winding or turning.

AM-BAGI-OUS, a. Circumlocutory.
TAM-BAS-SADE', n. Embassy.-Shak.

AM-BAS'SA-DOR, n. [This is the more common orthography; but good authors write also embassador; and, as the orthography of embassy is established, it would be better to write embassador. Sce EMBASSADOR.]

AM-BAS'SA-DRESS, n. The wife of an ambassador.

AMBE, n. [Gr. αμβη.] Literally, a brim; but in surgery, AMBI, an instrument for reducing dislocated shoulders. Also, the mango-tree.

AMBER, n. [Fr. ambre; Sp. ambar.] A hard, semi-pellucid. substance, of vegetable origin, tasteless, and without smell, except when pounded or heated, when it emits a fragrant odor. It is found in alluvial soils, or on the sea-shore, in many places, particularly on the shores of the Baltic, in Europe, and at Cape Sable, in Maryland, in the United

States.

AMBER, a. Consisting of, or resembling amber. AMBER, v. t. To scent with amber. AMBER-DRINK, n. A drink resembling amber in color. AMBER-DROP-PING, a. Dropping amber.-Milton. AMBER-GRIS (amber-grèse), n. [amber and Fr. gris.] A solid, opaque, ash-colored, inflammable substance, variegated like marble, remarkably light, rugged on its surface, and highly valued as a material in pertimery. AMBER-SEED, n. Musk-seed, resembling millet. AMBER-TREE, n. The English name of a species of anthospermum, a shrub.

AM-BI-DEXTER, n. [L. ambo and dexter.] 1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility. 2. A double dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. -3. In law, a juror who takes money from both parties, for giving his verdict. AM-BI-DEX-TERT-TY, AM-BI-DEXTROUS-NESS, double dealing; the taking of money from both parties for a verdict.

n. The faculty of using both hands with equal facility;

AM-BI-DEX'TROUS, a. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease; practicing or siding with both parties. AMBI-ENT, a. [L. ambiens.) Surrounding; encompassing on all sides; investing.

AM-BIGE-NAL, a. [L. ambo and genu.) An ambigenal hyperbola is one of the triple hyperbolas of the second order, having one of its infinite legs falling within an angle formed by the asymptotes, and the other without.

AM'BI-GU, n. An entertainment, or feast, consisting of a medley of dishes.-King.

AM-BI-GUT-TY, n. [L. ambiguitas.] Doubtfulness or uncertainty of signification, from a word's being susceptible of different meanings; double meaning.

AM-BIG'U-OUS, a. [L. ambiguus.) Having two or more meanings; being of uncertain signification; susceptible of different interpretations. SYN. Indeterminate; indetinite; doubtful; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct; equivocal. AM-BIGU-OUS-LY, adv. In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.

AM-BIG'U-OUS-NESS, n. The quality of being ambiguous; uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; and, hence, obscurity. AM-BILE-VOUS, a. [L. ambo and lavus.] Left-handed; on both sides.

AM-BIL'O-GY, n. [L. ambo and Gr. λογος.] Talk or language of doubtful meaning.

AM-BIL'O-QUOUS, a. [L. ambo and loquor.] Using ambiguous expressions.

AM-BILO QUY, n. The use of doubtful or ambiguous expressions.

AMBIT, n. [L. ambitus.] The line that encompasses a thing. In geometry, the perimeter of a figure. The periphery or circumference of a circular body. AM-BITION, n. [L. ambitio.] A desire of preferment or of honor; a desire of excellence or superiority. It is thus used in a good sense; as, emulation may spring from a laudable ambition. It denotes more commonly, however, an inordinate desire of power or eminence, often accom panied with illegal means to obtain the object.

AM-BITION, v. t. [Fr. ambitionner.] Ambitiously to seek after.-King. [Little used.]

AM-BY TION-LESS, a. Devoid of ambition.-Pollok. AM-BITIOUS (am-bish'us), a. 1. Desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or excellence; aspiring; eager for fame. 2. Showy; adapted to command notice or praise; as, an ambitious style. 3. Eager to swell or rise higher as, the ambitious ocean.-Shak.

AM-BITIOUS-LY, adv. In an ambitious manner. AM-BITIOUS-NESS, n. The quality of being ambitious. AM'BI-TUS, n. [L.] 1. The circuit border or outer edge of any thing.-2. In Roman law, the open space surrounding a building or tomb.-3. In Roman history, a canvassing for offices and honors.

AMBLE, v. i. [Fr. ambler.] 1. To pace; to move with a certain peculiar pace, as a horse, first lifting his two legs on one side, and then changing to the other. 2. To move easy, without hard shocks. 3. To move by direction, or to move affectedly.

AMBLE, n. A peculiar motion of a horse; a pace, or pacing. AMBLER, n. A horse which ambles; a pacer.

AMBLING, ppr. or a. Lifting the two legs on the same side, at first going off, and then lifting the other two.

AM BLING-LY, ade. With an ambling gait.
AMBLY-GON, R. (Gr. αμβλυς and γωνια.] An obtuse-an-

gled triangle.

AM-BLYGON-AL, 4. Containing an obtuse angle.

AM-BLYGON-ITE, π. [Gr. αμβλυγωνιος.) A mineral from Saxony, of a pale-green color, sometimes spotted, resembling pyrozene. It consists of phosphoric acid and alumina, with nine per cent. of lithia.

AMBLY-O-PY, n. [Gr. αμβλυς and wψ.) Dullness or obscurity of sight.

ΑΜ ΒΟ, π. [Gr. αμβων, L. umbo.] An oblong, elevated pulpit in the early churches, but disused after the fourteenth century-Gwilt.

AM-BRE-ADA, n. A kind of factitious amber.

AM-BREIC ACID, n. An acid formed by digesting ambreine in nitric acid.

AM-BRETNE, π. One of the proximate principles and the chief const tuent of ambergris.

AM-BROSIA (am-brözhā), n. [Gr. a and βροτος.] 1. In hoathen antiquity, the imaginary food of the gods. 2. Whatever is very pleasing to the taste or smell. 3. A genus of

plant.

AM-BROSIAC, 4. Having the qualities of ambrosia. AM-BROSIAL (am-bro'zhal), a. Partaking of the nature or qualities of ambrosia; fragrant; delighting the taste or smell. Ben Jonson uses ambrosiac in a like sense, and Bailey has ambrosian, but these seem not to be warranted by usage.

AM BROSIAL-LY, adv. In an ambrosial way. AM-BROSIAN, a. Pertaining to St. Ambrose, who lived in the fourth century.

AM-BROSIAN-CHẮNT, n. A kind of singing or chanting introduced by Ambrose, bishop of Milan. It had a much greater monotony and want of beauty than that afterward introduced by Pope Gregory the Great.

AMBRO-SIN, . In the middle ages, a coin struck by the dukes of Milan, on which St. Ambrose was represented. AM'BRY, n. [contracted from Fr. aumonerie, almonry.] 1. An alponry; a place where alnıs are deposited for distribution to the poor. 2. A place in which are deposited the utensils for housekeeping; also a cupboard; a place for

cold victuals.

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AM-BU-LATION, n. [L. ambulatio.] A walking about; the act of walking.

AMBU-LA-TIVE, a. Walking.

AMBU-LA-TO-RY, a. 1. That has the power or faculty of walking. 2. Pertaining to a walk. 3. Moving from place to place: not stationary; as, an ambulatory court. 4. In ornithology, formed for walking; applied to the feet of birds with three toes before and one behind.-Brande. AM'BU-LA-TO-RY, n. A place to walk in, as an arcade, portico, or other place designed for walking.-P. Cyс. AMBU-RY, R. (qu. L. umbo; Gr. aμβων.] Among farri. ANBU-RY, ers, a tumor or wart on a horse, full of blood. *AMBUS-CADE, n. [Fr. cmbuscade.] 1. A lying in wait for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. 2. A private station in which troops lie concealed with a view to attack their enemy by surprise; ambush. Shakspeare uses the word ambuscado. 3. A body of troops lying in

ambush.

AMBUS-CADE, n. 2. To lie in wait for, or to attack from a concealed position.

AMBUS-CAD-ED, pp. Having an ambush laid against, or attacked from a private station.

AMBUS CAD-ING, ppr. Lying in wait for; attacking from

a secret station.

AMBUSH, n. [Fr. ombriche.] 1. A private or concealed station, where troops lie in wait to attack their enemy by surprise. 2. The state of lying concealed, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; a lying in wait. 3. The troops posted in a concealed place for attacking by surprise. AMBUSH, .t. To lie in wait for; to surprise by assailing unexpectedly from a concealed place.

AMBUSH, . &. To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise. Trumbull.

AMBUSHED (ambusht), pp. Lain in wait for; suddenly attacked from a concealed station.

AMBUSH-ING, ppr. Lying in wait for.
AMBUSH-MENT, . An ambush; which see.

AM-BUST, a. [L. ambustus.) Burned; scalded.
AM-BUSTION (am-bus'chun), n. [L. ambustio.] A burning;

a burn or cald.

AMEL, n. [Fr. email] The matter with which metallic bodies are overlaid in the process of enameling; but its use is superseded by enamel.

A-MELIOR-A-BLE, a. That may be ameliorated.

A-MELIOR-ATE (a-mel-yor-ate), v. t. [Fr. ameliorer.] Το make better; to improve; to meliorate.-Christ. Obs.Buchanan.

A-MELIOR-ATE, v. i. To grow better; to meliorate.
A-MELIOR-A-TED, pp. Grown better; improved.
A-MELIOR-A-TING, ppr. Becoming or making better.
A-MEL-IOR-ATION (a-mel-yor-a'shun), n. A making or be
coming better; improvement; melioration.
*A-MEN'. This word, with slight differences of orthogra
phy, is in all the dialects of the Assyrian stock. As a verb,
it signifies to confirm, establish, verify; to trust, or give
confidence; as a noun, truth, firmness, trust, confidence
as an adjective, firm, stable. In English, after the Oriental
manner, it is used at the beginning, but more generally at
the end of declarations and prayers, in the sense of, be it
firm, be it established. The word is used also as a noun.
"All the promises of God are amen in Christ;" that is,
firmness, stability, constancy. (In singing, pron. ämen.]
A-ME-NA-BILITY, (n. State of being amenable or an-
A-MENA-BLE-NESS, swerable. Judge Story.
A-MENA-BLE, a. [It. menare; Fr. mener.] Liable to an-
swer; liable to be called to account. SYN. Accountable;
answerable; responsible.

A-MENA-BLY, adv. In an amenable manner.
AMEN-AGE, v. t. To manage.-Spenser.

† ΑΜΈΝ-ANCE, η. Conduct; behavior.-Spenser.
A-MEND', v. t. [Fr. amender; L. emendo.] 1. To correct; to
rectify, by expunging a mistake. 2. To reform, by quitting
bad habits; to make better in a moral sense. 3. To cor-
rect, or emend; to supply a defect; to improve or make
better, by adding what is wanted, as well as by expunging
what is wrong.

A-MEND', v. i. To grow or become better, by reformation, or rectifying something wrong in manners or morals. A-MENDA-BLE, a. That may be amended; capable of cor

rection.

A-MENDA-TO-RY, a. That amends; supplying amend

ment; corrective.

A-MENDE", n. [Fr.] Reparation, or retraction. Amende
honorable, originally an infamous punishment inflicted, in
France, on traitors, parricides, &c. The phrase also de-
noted a simple recantation made in open court, or in the
presence of the injured party. Hence it is now applied
to a public recantation, or apology, for any injury done.
A-MENDED, pp. Corrected; rectified; reformed; improv
ed, or altered for the better.

A-MENDER, n. The person that amends.
A-MENDFUL, a. Full of improvement.

A-MENDING, ppr. Correcting; reforming; altering for the

better.

A-MEND'MENT, n. 1. An alteration or change for the bet ter; reformation of life. 2. A word, clause, or paragraph, added, or proposed to be added, to a bill before a legislature. 3. In law, the correction of an error in a writ or process. SYN. Correction; improvement; reforination; emendation.

A-MENDS', n. pl. [Fr. amende.] Compensation for an in jury. SYN. Reparation; satisfaction; recompense; atonement; restitution; equivalent.

A-MENT-TY, n. [L. amanitas; Fr. aménité.] Pleasantness;
agrceableness of situation; that which delights the eye.
A MEN'SA ET TORO. [L.] From board and bed. A di
vorce from board and bed, is when husband and wife sep.
arate, but the husband maintains the wife.

ΑΜΈΝΤ, n. A kind of inflorescence, such as is found
A-MENTUM, on the chestnut, willow, &c.
AM-EN-TACEOUS (am-en-ta'shus), a. 1. Growing in an
ament; resembling a thong. 2. Furnished with aments,

having flowers arranged in aments.

† A-MEN'TY, n. [Fr. amentie.) Madness,
A-MERCE' (a-mers), v. t. (a for on, or at, and Fr. merci.] 1.
To inflict a penalty at mercy; to punish by a pecuniary
penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left
to the discretion or mercy of the court. 2. To inflict a pe-
cuniary penalty; to punish in general.

A-MERCE'A-BLE, a. Liable to amercement.
A-MERCED (a-merst), pp. Fined at the discretion of a court.
A-MERCEMENT (a-mers'ment), n. A pecuniary penalty
inflicted on an offender at the discretion of the court,

A-MERCER, n. offender.

One who sets a fine at discretion upon an

+A-MERCIA-MENT, n. Amercement. Selden. A-MERI-CA, n. [from Amerigo Vespucci.] One of the great continents, lying west of the Atlantic Ocean. A-MERI-CAN, a. Pertaining to America.

A-MERT CAN, n. A native of America; originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans; but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, especially to inhabitants of the United States.

A-MERI-CAN-ISM, n. An American idiom; the love which American citizens have for their own country.

A-MERT-CAN-IZE, v. t. To render American; to natural-AM-MONI-AN, a. Relating to Ammonius, surnamed Saccas

ize in America.

AMES-ACE. Sce AMBS-ACE.
A-MET-A-BO'LI-AN, n. In zoology, a term denoting a di-

A-MET-A-BO'LI-A, n. pl. S

vision of insects which do not

undergo any metamorphosis.-Brande. FAM-E-THODIC-AL, a. Out of method; irregular. TA-METHO-DIST, n. A quack.

AME-THYST, n. [L. amethystus.] A variety of quartz, of a
bluish-violet color, occurring in crystals, and also in rolled
fragments. The coloring matter is an oxyd of manga-
nese. Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transpa-
rent crystallized corundum.

AME-THYST, in heraldry, signifies a purple color.
AM-E-THYSTINE, a, Pertaining to, resembling, or com-
posed of, amethyst.

A'MI-A, n. A genus of fish in Carolina.
A-MI-A-BILT-TY, n. Amiableness.

A'MI-A-BLE, a. [Fr. amable; L. amabilis.] 1. Worthy of
love; deserving of affection; applied usually to persons. 2.
Pretending or showing love. Shak. SYN. Lovely; charm-
ing; delightful; pleasing.

of Alexandria, the founder of the eclectic system of phi losophy.

AMMON-ITE, n. [cornu ammonis, from Jupiter Ammon] Serpent-stone, or cornu ammonis, a fossil shell, curved into a spiral form, like a ram's horn.

AM-MO'NI-UM, n. A compound radical, consisting of hydro-
gen and nitrogen.

AM-MO-NIU-RET, (n. A term once applied to certain sup-
AM-MO-NIA-RET, posed compounds of ammonia and a
pure metal, but now entirely disused.
AM-MU-NITION, n. [L. ad and munitio.] Military stores,
or provisions for attack or defense. In modern usage, the
signification is confined to the articles which are used in
the discharge of tire-arms and ordnance of all kinds; as
powder, balls, bombs, various kinds of shot, &c.-Ammu-
nition bread, shoes, stockings, &c., are such as are con
tracted for by the government, and then served out to the
private soldiers.

AMNES-TY, n. [Gr. αμνηστια.] An act of oblivion; a gen.
eral pardon of the offenses of subjects against the govern-
ment, or the proclamation of such pardon.

I'MI-A-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of deserving love; love-†AM-NICO-LIST, n. One who dwells near a river. liness.

A'MI-A-BLY, adv. In an amiable manner; in a manner to excite or attract love.

AM-1-ANTHUS, n. [Gr. αμιαντος.] Earth flax, or mountain flax; a mineral substance, somewhat resembling flax, belonging either to the species pyroxene or hornblende.

AM-I-AN'THI-FORM, a. Having the form or likeness of amianthus.

AM-I-AN"THIN-ITE, n. A species of amorphous mineral, a variety of actinolite.

AM-1-ANTHOID, n. [amianthus, and Gr. ειδος.] A variety
of asbestus, composed of long capillary filaments, flexible
and very elastic.

AM-I-ANTHOID, a. Resembling amianthus in form.
AMI-CA-BLE, a. [L. amicabilis.] 1. Harmonious in social
or mutual transactions. 2. Disposed to peace and friend-
ship.-SYN. Friendly; peaceable; kind; harmonious.
AMT-CA-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of being peaceable or
friendly; friendliness.

AMI-CA-BLY, adv. In a friendly manner.

†A-MICAL, a. Friendly.-W. Watson.

AMICE, n. [L. amictus.) A square linen cloth that a Ro-
ΑΜΙΕΤ, m man Catholic priest tics about his neck, hanging
down behind under the alb, when he officiates at mass,
A-MID', prep. [a, and Sax. midd.] 1. In the midst or
A-MIDST, middle. 2. Among; mingled with. 3. Sur-
rounded, encompassed, or enveloped with. Amid is used
mostly in poetry.

AMIDET } See AMMID.

AMI-DINE, n. Starch modified by heat so as to become transparent, and soluble in cold water.

A-MID-SHIPS. In marine language, the middle of a ship, with regard to her length and breadth.

A-MISS', a. 1. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper. 2. adv. In a faulty manner; contrary to propriety, truth, law, or morality.

1A-MISS, n. Culpability; fault.-Shak. †A-MISSION, η. Loss. More.

A-MIT, v. t. To lose.-Brown.

AMI-TY, n. [Fr. amitie.] Friendship, in a gencral sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; good understanding.-SYN. Harmony; kindness; affection; friendship; good-will.

AM'MA, n. [Heb. .] 1. An abbess, or spiritual mother. 2. A girdle or truss used in ruptures. [Gr. αμμα.]

AM'MAN, n. [G. amtmann; D. amptman.] In some European nations, a judge who has cognizance of civil causes. In France, a notary.

AM'MID, n. [From ammonia.] A compound of ammidogen with an element, in which amınidogen is an electro-negative ingredient.

AM-MIDO-GEN, n. A basifying and basic principle, composed of two equivalents of hydrogen and one of nitro

gen.

AMMI-RAL, n. An obsolete form of admiral.
AM'MITE, n. [Gr. αμμος.] A sand-stone, or free-stone,
HAM'MITE, of a pale-brown color.

AM'MO-CHRYSE, n. [Gr. αμμος and χρυσος.] Α yellow,
soft stone, found in Germany.
AM-MO-DYTES, n. [Gr. αμμος and δυω.] The sand eel, a
genus of fish of the apodal order.

AM-MO'NI-A, n. Volatile alkali; a substance which, in its
uncombined form, exists in a state of gas. It is composed
of three equivalents of nitrogen and one of hydrogen.
ΑΜ-ΜΟΝΙ-ΑΘ, a. Pertaining to ammonia, or possess-
AM-MO-NI-AC-AL, ing its properties.

AM-MONI-AЄ,

GUM AM-MO'NI-AC,

n. The concrete juice of a plant,
brought from Persia.

AM-NIGE-NOUS, a. Born of a river.

AM'NI-OS, n. [Gr. αμνιον.) The innermost membrane
AM'NI-ON, S surrounding the fetus in the womb.
AM-NI-OTIC, a. Pertaining to, or obtained from, the am
nios; as, amniotic acid, the same with the allantoic acid.
AM-CE-ΒΕΑΝ, α. Alternately answering. Warton,
AM-E-BÆUM, η. [Gr. αμοιβαιος.] A poem in which per-
sons are represented as speaking alternately.
†A-MO-LITION, n. A removal.

A-MO'MUM, n. [Gr. αμωμον.] A genus of plants, all natives
of warm climates, and remarkable for their pungency and
aromatic properties. -True amomum is a round fruit, from
the East of the size of a grape.

A-MÔNG' (a-mung), prep. [Sax. onmang, ongemang.]
A-MONGST (a-mungst) $ 1. In a general or primitive sense,
mixed or mingled with. 2. Conjoined or associated with,
or making part of the number. 3. Of the number.
A-MONI-AN, a. [from Amon or Hamon.] Pertaining to
Jupiter Ammon, or to his temple and worship in Upper
Egypt.

AM-O-RADO, n. [L. amor.] A lover. See INAMORATO,
which is chiefly used.

AM-O-RE'ANS, n. pl. A sect of Gemaric doctors or com.
mentators on the Jerusalem Talmud.

ΑΜΟ-RET, n. [L. amor.] A lover.
AM-O-RETTE', n. [Fr. amourette.] An amorous woman,
also a love-knot, or a tritiing love affair.-Chaucer.
AMO-RIST, n. [L. amor.] A lover; a gallant; an inamo-
rato.-Boyle.

†A-MORNINGS, adv. In the mornings.
AM-O-RO'SA, n. [It.] A wanton woman.
AM-O-RO'SO, n. [It.) A lover; a man enamored.
AMO-ROUS, a. [Fr. amoreux.] 1. Inclined to love; having
a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment. 2. In love;
enamored.-Shak. 3. Pertaining or relating to love; pro-
duced by love; indicating love.-Milton. Waller.-SYN.
Loving; fond; tender; passionate.

AM'O-ROUS-LY, adv. In an amorous manner.

AM'O-ROUS-NESS, n. The quality of being inclined to
love, or to sexual pleasure; fondness.
A-MORPHOUS (a-morfus), a. [Gr. a and μορφη.] Having
no determinate form; of irregular shape.
A-MORPHY, n. Irregularity of form; deviation from a de-
terminate shape.-Swift.

A-MORT, adv. [L. mors, mortuus.] In the state of the dead;
dejected; spiritless.-Shak.

A-MORT-I-ZATION, In. The act or right of alienating
A-MORTIZE-MENT, lands or tenements to a corporation.
A-MORTIZE, v. 1. [Norm. amortizer.) In English law, to
alienate in mortmain; that is, to sell to a corporation, sole
or aggregate, ecclesiastical or temporal, and their success
ors. This was considered as selling to dead hands.
A-MOTION, n. [L. amotio.] Removal. Warton. In lase
deprivation of possession. - Blackstone.

A-MOUNT, v. i. [Fr. monter.] 1. To rise to or reach, by an
accumulation of particulars into an aggregate whole; to
compose in the whole. 2. To rise, reach, or extend to, in
effect, or substance; to result in, by consequence, when
all things are considered.

A-MOUNT, n. 1. The sum total of two or more particular sums or quantities. 2. The effect, substance, or result;

the sum.

A-MOUNTING, ppr. Rising to, by accumulation or addition; resulting, in effect or substance.

A-MOUR', n. [Fr.) An unlawful connection in love, a love intrigue; an affair of gallantry.

A-MOVAL, n. [L. amorco.] Total removal.

A-MOVE', v. t. [L. cmoveo.] 1. To remove.-Hall. 2. In law, to remove from a post or station.-Hale.

A-MOVING, a. Moving away.

AMPE-LITE, . [3r. αμπελος.] A kind of earth used by
the ancients to kill insects on vines; hence the name.
Also, a compound of alum and graphic schist.

AM-PHIBT-AL, ) [Gr. αμφι and βιος.] In zoology, the
AM-PHIBI-AN, R. amphibia are a class of animals, so
AM-PHIBI-A, n. pl. formed as to live on land, and for a
long time under water.
AM-PHIBT-O-LITE, n. [Gr. αμφίβιος and λιθος.] A term
denoting the fossil remains of the amphibia of Linnæus.
AM-PHIB-I-O-LOGIC-AL, a. Pertaining to amphibiology.
AM-PHIB-I-OLO-GY, n. [Gr. αμφι, βιος, and λογος.] A dis-
course or treatise on amphibious animals, or the history
and description of such animals.

AM-PHIBT-OUS (am-fib'e-us), a. 1. Having the power of living in two elements, air and water. 2. Of a mixed natare: partaking of two natures.

AM-PHIBT-OUS-NESS, n. The quality of being able to live in two elements, or of partaking of two natures.

AM-PHIB1-UM, п. That which lives in two elements, as in

sir and water.

AMPHI-BOLE, n. [Gr. αμφιβολος; αμφι and βαλλω.] Α name given by Hany to a species of minerals, including the tremolite, hornbiende, and actinolite.

AM-PHI-BOLTE, a. Pertaining to amphibole; resembling
amphibole.-Cooper.

AM-PHIBO-LITE, n. Trap or green stone.
AM-PHIB-O-LOGIE-AL, a. Doubtful; of doubtful meaning.
AM-PHIB-O-LOGIE-AL-LY, adv. With a doubtful mean-

ing.

AM-PHI-BOLO-ΟΥ, η. [Gr. αμφιβολογια.] A phrase or discourse susceptible of two interpretations; and, hence, of uncertain meaning.

AM-PHIBO-LOID, . A rock composed of amphibole and feldspar.

AM-PHIBO-LOUS (am-fibo-lus), a. [Gr. αμφιβολος.] Tossed from one to another; striking each way, with mutual blows. [Rare]

AM-PHIBO-LY, π. [Gr. αμφιβολια.] Ambiguity of meaning-Spelman. [Rarely used.]

ANPHI-BRACH, n. [Gr. αμφι and βραχυς.] In poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short: as, habërë, in Latin.

AMPHI-CO-MΕ. π. [Gr. αμφι and κομη.] A kind of figured
stone, of a round shape.

AM-PHIC-TY-ONIC, a. Pertaining to the august council of
Amphictyons.

AM-PHICTY-ONS, n. pl. In Grecian history, an assembly
or council of deputies from the different states of Greece,
who sat alternately at Thermopyle and Delphi.

AMPHID, a. A term applied to compounds consisting of acids and bases, as distinguished from haloid compounds. AM-PHIGA-MOUS, α. [Gr. αμφι and γαμος.] An epithet applied to the lowest class of plants, whose structure is entirely cellular, and which have no sexual organs. - Brande. AMPHI-GENE, π. [Gr. αμφι and γενος.] In mineralogy, another name of the leucite or Vesuvian.

AM-PHI-HEX-A-HEDRAL, a. [Gr. αμφı, and hexahedral.] In crystallography, when the faces of the crystal, counted in two different directions, give two hexahedral outlines, or are found to be six in number.

AM-PHIM'A-CER, π. [Gr. αμφιμακρος.] In ancient poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one short, and the others long, as in cástítás,

AM-PHIPNEUST, n. [Gr.] A term applied to a tribe of reptiles which have both lungs and gills at the same time. Brande

AMPHI-POD, π. [Gr. αμφι and τους.] One of an order of crustaceous animals, in which subcaudal natatory feet coexist with sessile eyes.-Brande.

AM-PHIPRO-STYLE, n. [Gr. αμφι, προ, and στυλος.) An edifice with columns in front and behind, but not on the sides Morin.

AM-PHIS-BEΝΑ, π. [Gr. αμφισβαινα.] A genus of serpents, distinguished by having very small mouths and eyes, and their bodies of nearly the same size from head to tail. They were supposed to move either backward or forward and hence their name.

AM-PHISCH-I, (π. pl. [Gr. αμφι and σκιά.] In geogra-
AM-PHISCIANS, phy, the inhabitants between the trop-
ice, whose shadows, in one part of the year, are cast to
the north. and in the other, to the south.

AMPHI-TANE, 2. A name given by ancient naturalists to
a fossil, called by Dr. Hill pyricubium.
AM-PHI-THE A-TFR) (am-le-thea-ter), n. (Gr. αμφιθεατρον.]

AM-PHI-THEA-TRE An edifice in an oval or circular
forın, having its area encompassed with rows of seats,
rising higher as they recede from the area, on which peo-
ple used to sit to view the combats of gladiators and of
wild beasts, and other sports.

AM-PHITHEA-TRAL, 4. Resembling an amphitheatre

Tooke.

AM-PHI-THE-ATRIC-AL, a. Pertaining to, or exhibited in, an amphitheatre. - Warton.

AMPHI-TRITE, n. [Gr. αμφιτρίτη.] A genus of marine an
imals, of the Linnæan order mollusca.

AM-PHODE-LITE, n. A reddish crystallized mineral from
Finland, consisting of alumina, lime, iron, and manganese.
AMPHO-RA, n. [L. amphora.] Among the Greeks and Ro-
mans, a two-handled vessel for holding wine, oil, &c.
AMPHO-RAL. a. Pertaining to, or resembling an amphora.
AMPLE, a. [Fr. ample; L. amplus.] Large in extent, size,
quantity, &c.; as, ample room, ample resources, ample
promises, ample justice. -SYN. Full; spacious; extensive;
wide; capacious; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; copi-
ous; rich; liberal; munificent.
AMPLE-NESS, n. Largeness; spaciousness; sufficiency,
abundance.

AM-PLEXT-CAUL, a. [L. amplexor.] In botany, nearly sur-
rounding, or embracing the stem, as the base of a leaf.
AM PLI-ATE, v. t. [L. amplio.] To enlarge; to make great-
er to extend. [Little used.]

AM-PLI-ATION, π. 1. Enlargement; amplification; dif
fuseness; [rare.]-2. In Roman antiquity, a deferring to
pass sentence, with a view to get more evidence.
AM-PLIFICATE, v. t. [L. amplifico.] To enlarge; to am-
plify.

AM-PLI-FI-CATION, n. [L. amplificatio.] 1. Enlargement;
extension.-2. In rhetoric, diffusive description, or dis-
cussion; exaggerated representation; diffuse narrative, or
a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.
AMPLIFIED (am'ple-fide), pp. Enlarged; extended.
AMPLI-FI-ER, n. One who amplifies or enlarges.
AM'PLI-FI, v. t. (Fr. amplifier; L. amplifico.] 1. To enlarge;
to augment; to increase or extend.-2. In rhetoric, to en-
large in discussion, or by representation; to treat co-
piously, so as to present the subject in every view. 3
To enlarge by addition.

AM'PLI-FY, v. i. 1. To speak largely or copiously; to be
diffuse in argument or description; to dilate upon. 2. To
exaggerate; to enlarge by representation or description.
AMPLI-FY-ING, pyr. Enlarging; exaggerating; diffusively
treating.

AMPLI-TUDE, n. [L. amplitudo.] 1. Largeness; extent, applied to bodies. 2. Largeness; extent of capacity, or intellectual powers. 3. Extent of means or power; abundance; sufficiency. - Amplitude, in astronomy, is an arch of the horizon intercepted between the true east and west points and the center of the sun or star at its rising or setting.-Amplitude of the range, in projectiles, is the horizontal line subtending the path of a body thrown, or the line which measures the distance it has moved.-Magnetical amplitude is the arch of the horizon between the sun or a star, at rising or setting, and the east or west point of the horizon, by the compass. - Encус.

AMPLY, adv. In an ample or diffusive manner. SYN. Largely; liberally; fully; sufficiently; copiously; abundantly.

AM-PUL-LACEOUS, a. Like a bottle or inflated bladder;
swelling.-Kirby.

AM'PU-TATE, v. 1. [L. amputo.] 1. To prune branches of
trees or vines; to cut off. 2. To cut off a limb or other
part of an animal body; a term of surgery.
AM'PU-TA-TED, pp. Cut off; separated from the body.
AMPU-TA-TING, ppr. Cutting off a limb or part of the body.
AM-PU-TATION, n. [L. amputatio.] The act or operation
of cutting off a limb or other part of the body.
AM'U-LET, n. [L. amuletum.] Something worn as a rem-
edy or preservative against evils or mischief, such as dis-
eases and witchcraft. Amulets, in days of ignorance

were common.

AM-U-LETTE, a. Pertaining to an amulet.
A-MUR-COST-TY, n. The quality of lees or scum.
A-MUSE' (a-müze), d. 1. [Fr. amuser.] 1. To entertain the
mind agreeably; to occupy or detain attention with
agreeable objects, whether by singing, conversation, or a
show of curiosities. 2. To detain; to engage the atten-
tion by hope or expectation; as, to amuse with promises
of assistance.-SYN. To entertain; gratify; please; di-
vert; beguile; deceive; occupy.

A-MUSED (a-müzd), pp. Agreeably entertained; having
the mind engaged by something pleasing.
A-MUSE'MENT, n. That which amuses, detains, or engages
the mind; a pleasurable occupation of the senses, or that
which furnishes it, as dancing, sports, or music. SYN.
Diversion; entertainment; recreation; pastime; sport.
A-MUSER, n. One who amuses, or affords an agreeable
entertainment to the mind.

A-MUSING, ppr. or a. Entertaining; giving moderate pleas-
ure to the mind, so as to engage it; pleasing.
A-MUSING-LY, adv. In an amusing manner.
A-MU'SIVE, a. That has the power to amuse or entertain

the mind.

A-MUSIVE-LY, adv. In an amusive manner; amusingly.
A-MYGDA-LATE, a. [L. amygdalus.] Made of almonds.
A-MYGDA-LATE, n. An emulsion made of almonds; milk
of almonds.

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Pertaining to, or consisting of,

AM-Y-LACEOUS, a. [L. amylum.] Pertaining to starch, or the farinaceous part of grain; resembling starch.

A-MYLIC ACID, n. A volatile acid obtained from starch.

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AN'A-DROM, n. [See below.] A fish that ascends rivers..

Morin.

word applied to such tish as pass from the sea into iresh A-NAD'RO-MOUS, a. [Gr. ava and δρομος.] Ascending; a waters at stated seasons.

ment made by sculpture. AN'A-GLYPH (an'a-glif'), n. [Gr. ava and γλυφω.] An orna

chased or embossed work on metal, or other raised work. AN-A-GLYPHIC, a. In ancient sculpture, a term applied to AN-A-GLYPTIC, a. Relating to the art of carving, engrav. ing, enchasing, or embossing plate. A-NAG-NORT-SIS, n. [Gr. αναγνωρισις.] Recognition; the unraveling of a plot in dramatic action.-Blair. ANA-GO-GE, n. [Gr. αναγωγη.) An elevation of mind to things celestial; the spiritual meaning or application of words. Hammond.

AMY-LINE, n. [L. amylum.] The insoluble part of starch.
In Church history, the doctrine of uni-AN-A-GO-GETIE-AL, a. Mysterious; raised above human-
AMY-RALD-ISM, n.

versal grace, as explained by Amyraldus.

AN, a. [Sax, an, ane, one; D. cen; Ger. ein; Sw. and Dan. en; Fr. on, un, une; Sp. un, uno; It, uno, una; L. unus, una, unum; Gr. ev; Ir. ein, can, aon; W.un, yn.] One; noting an individual; either definitely, known, certain, specified, or understood; or indefinitely, not certain, known, or specified. Definitely; as, "Noah built an ark of gopher wood." "Paul was an eminent apostle." Indefinitely; as, "Bring me an orange." Before a consonant, the letter n is dropped; as, a man; except before h silent; as, an hour. AN, in old English authors, signifies if; as, "an it please your honor."

A'NA, ad, or a. [Gr. ava.] In medical prescriptions, it denotes an equal quantity of the several ingredients; as, wine and honey, ana, ad, or a zii., that is, of wine and honey each two ounces.

A'NA, as a termination, denotes a collection of memorable sayings. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger. Similar collections existed among the ancients, as the Dicta Collectanea, or sayings of Julius Cesar. AN-A-BAPTISM, n. The doctrine of the Anabaptists. AN-A-BAPTIST, n. [Gr. ava and βαπτιστης.] One who holds the doctrine of the baptism of adults alone, or of the invalidity of infant baptism, and who, of course, maintains that persons baptized in their infancy ought to be baptized again. a. Relating to the Anabaptists, or AN-A-BAP-TISTIC, to their doctrines. AN-A-BAP-TISTIC-AL, AN-A-BAPTIST-RY, n. The sect of Anabaptists. † AN-A-BAP-TIZE, v. t. To rebaptize.-Whitlock. AN-A-BRO'SIS, n. A wasting away of the body. AN-A-CAMPTIC, a. [Gr. ava and καμπτω.] Reflecting or reflected. Anacamptic sounds, among the ancients, were those produced by reflection or reverberation, as echoes. AN-A-CAMPTIE-AL-LY, adv. By reflection; as echoes are sounds anacamptically produced.-Brande.

AN-A-CAMPTIES, n. flected sound.

AN-A-CARDI-UM, n.

The doctrine of reflected light or re

A genus of plants to which belongs

the cashew-nut, or marking nut.

AN-A-CA-THARTIE, a. [Gr. ura and κάθαρσις.] Cleansing, by exciting discharges from the mouth and nostrils.

AN-A-CA-THARTIE, n. A medicine which excites discharges by the mouth or nose. AN-A-CEPH-A-LE-O'SIS, n. [Gr. ανακεφαλαίωσις.] Recapitulation of the heads of a discourse. AN-ACHO-RET. See ANCHORET.

AN-A-CHO-RETIO-AL, a. Relating to an anachoret, or an

choret.

AN-ACH'RO-NISM (an-ak'ro-nizm), n. [Gr. ava and χρόνος.]
An error in chronology, by which events are misplaced
in regard to the order of their occurrence.
AN-ACH-RO-NISTIC, a. Erroneous in date; containing an
anachronism.-Warton.

AN-A-CLASTIC, a. (Gr. ava and κλασις.]
breaking the rectilinear course of light.

Refracting;

AN-A-CLASTICS, n. That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light, commonly called dioptrics, which see. AN-A-CHE-NO'SIS (an-a-se-no'sis), n. [Gr. ανακοινωσις.] Α figure of rhetoric, by which a speaker applies to his opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.

AN-A-CO-LUTHON, n. [Gr. ανακολουθών.] A grammatical term denoting the want of sequence in a sentence, one of whose members does not correspond with the remainder. -Brande.

AN-A-CON'DA, n. A name given in Ceylon to a large snake, a species of boa.

A-NAC-RE-ONTIC, a. Pertaining to Anacreon.

A-NAC-RE-ON'TIC, n. A poem composed in the manner of
Anacreon.

AN'A-DEM, n. [Gr. αναδημα.] A garland or fillet; a chap-
let or crown of flowers.-W. Browne.

AN-A-DI-PLO'SIS, n. [Gr. ava and διπλοος.] Duplication, a
figure in rhetoric and poetry, consisting in the repetition
of the last word or words in a line or clause of a sentence,
in the beginning of the next

ity.

AN-A-GOGTE-AL, a. Mysterious; elevated; spiritual.
AN-A-GOGIE-AL-LY, adv. In a mysterious sense; with re-
ligious elevation.

AN-A-GOGIES, n. Mysterious considerations.
AN'A-GRAM, n. [Gr. ava and γραμμα.] A transposition of
the letters of a name, by which a new word is forined.
Thus, Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney
general to Charles I., a laborious man) may be turned into
I moyl in law.

Making an anagram.

}a.
AN-A-GRAM-MATIC AL,
AN-A-GRAM-MATIC,
AN-A-GRAM-MATIC-AL-LY, adv. In the manner of an an
The act or practice of making

agram.

AN-A-GRAMMA-TISM, n.

anagrams.-Camden.

AN-A-GRAMMA-TIST, n. A maker of anagrams.
AN-A-GRAMMA-TIZE, v. i. To make anagrams.
AN'A-GRAPH, n. An inventory; commentary. Knowles.
AN'A-GROS, n. A measure of grain in Spain, containing

something less than two bushels.
A'NAL, a. [L. anus.) Pertaining to, or lying near, the anus.
A-NALCIME, n. A white or tlesh-colored zeolite, occurring
in twenty-four-sided crystals, and sometimes in cubes. It
is often found in amygdaloid rocks and some lavas.
AN-A-LECTIC, a. Selecting; collecting; composed of things
selected.

AN'A-LECTS, n. [Gr. ava and λεγω.] A collection of short
essays, pieces, remarks, &c.- Епсус.

ANA-LEM-MA, n. [Gr. αναλημμα.] 1. In geometry, a pro-
jection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, or
thographically made by straight lines, circles, and ellipses,
the eye being supposed at an intinite distance, and in the
east or west points of the horizon. 2. An instrument of
wood or brass, on which this kind of projection is drawn.
AN-A-LEP'SIS, n. [Gr. αναληψις.] Recovery of strength
after a disease.
AN-A-LEPTIC, a.
strength after disease.
AN-A-LEPTIЄ, n.

restorative.

Corroborating; invigorating; giving

A medicine which gives strength; a

† AN-AL'O-GAL, a. Analogous.-Hale. AN-A-LOGIE-AL, a. Having analogy; used by way of analogy; bearing some relation.

AN-A-LOGIE-AL-LY, adv. In an analogical manner; by way of similitude, relation, or agreement.

AN-A-LOGIE-AL-NESS, n. The quality of being analogical. A-NAL'O-GISM, n. [Gr. αναλογισμος.] 1. An argument from the cause to the effect.-Johnson. 2. Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.-Crabbe

A-NALO-GIST, n. One who adheres to analogy. A-NAL'O-GIZE. v. 1. To explain by analogy; to form some resemblance between different things; to consider a thing with regard to its analogy to something else.

A-NAL'O-GOUS, a. Having analogy; bearing some resem blance or proportion; followed by to. -SXN. Correspond. ent; similar; like.

A-NAL'O-GOUS-LY, adv. In an analogous manner. ANA-LOGUE (an'a-log), n. [Fr. from Gr. αναλογος.] 1. A word corresponding with another; an analogous term.Pritchard. 2. An animal or other thing resembling another A-NAL'O-GY, n. [Gr. αναλογια.] 1. An agreement or like ness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. 2. With grammarians, analogy is a conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language.

A-NALY-SIS, n. [Gr. αναλυσις.] 1. The factitious separation of a compound body into its constituent parts; a resolving. 2. A consideration of any thing in its separate parts; an examination of the different parts of a subject, each separately. It is opposed to synthesis. In mathe matics, analysis is the resolving of problems by reducing them to equations. In logic, analysis is the tracing of things to their source, and the resolving

of knowledge into

its original principles. 3. A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a continued discourse, disposed in their

Synopsis. A, E, I, &c., long

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