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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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A-măl’ga-mā, n. p. 42The same as AMALGAM. B. Jon. They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics. Burke.A-măl'gam-āte, v. t. p. 42To compound or mix, as quicksilver with another metal. 2. To mix, so as to make a compound; to unite. Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. Burke.A-măl’gam-āte, v. i. p. 42To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver. 2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.A-măl'/ga-mā'tion, n. p. 42The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal;— applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury. Ure. 2. The mixing or…A-māl'gam-īze, v. t. p. 42To amalgamate. [R.] Gregory.Am’an-dine, n. p. 42A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, &c.A-măn'do-lā, n. p. 42(Min.) A green marble, with white spots, having the appearance of honey-comb. Dana.A-măn'i-tīne, n. p. 42The poisonous principle of some fungi. Ogilvie.A·măn'ū·ĕn'sis, n. p. 42A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written; a copyist.Am'a-ranth, n. p. 42(Bot.) A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amarantus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers in large spiked clusters. Loudon. 2. (Poet.) An imaginary flower that never fades or…Am'a-rănth'ine, a. p. 42Belonging to, consisting of, containing, or resembling, amaranth. 2. Not fading or decaying, like the fabled amaranth of the poets. The only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue. Cowper. The…Ăm'a-răn’thus, n. p. 42Same as AMARANTH.A-măr'i-tūde, n. p. 42Bitterness. [Rare.] “Amarititude or acrimony . . . in choler.” Harvey.A-măr'u-lençe, n. p. 42Bitterness. [Obs.] Bailey.A-măr'u-lent, a. p. 42Bitter. [Obs.] Bailey.Ăm'a-ry̆l'lis, n. p. 42(Bot.) A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, and others. Loudon.A-mass', v. t. p. 42To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure; to amass words or phrases. The life of Homer has been written by amassing all the traditions and…A-mass′, n. p. 42An assemblage, heap, or accumulation; a mass. [Obs.] Wotton.A-mas-sĕtte', n. p. 42An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone, &c. Ogilvie.A-măss'ment, n. p. 42A heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation. An amassment of imaginary conceptions. Glanville.Am'as-thēn'ic, a. p. 42Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic. Sir J. Herschel.A-māte’, v. i. p. 42To accompany. [Obs.] Spenser. For never knight that dared warlike deed More luckless dissadventures did amate. Spenser. 2. To terrify; to astonish; to daunt; to dishearten. [Obs.] The Silures, to…Ăm'a-teur', n. p. 42A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, as to music or painting; one who has a taste for the arts; especially, one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment…Am'a-teur'ship, n. p. 42The quality or character of an amateur.Ăm'a-tive, a. p. 42Full of love; amorous; amatory.Am'a-tive-ness, n. p. 42(Phren.) An organ which is supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love. Combe.Am'a-tō'ri-al, a. p. 42Relating to love; as, amatorial verses. Wotton. 2. Produced by illicit sexual intercourse; as, amatorial progeny. Darwin. 3. (Anat.) A term applied to the oblique muscles of the eye. Hooper.Am'a-tō'ri-al-ly, adv. p. 42In an amatorial manner.Am'a-tō'ri-an, a. p. 42Pertaining to love; amatory. “Amatorian odes.” Johnson.Am'a-tō'ri-ōus, a. p. 42Pertaining to love. “The vain, amatorious poem of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia.” Milton.Am'a-to-ry, a. p. 42Pertaining to, or producing, love; as, amatory potions. Bramhall.Am'au-rō'sis, n. p. 42(Med.) A loss or decay of sight, without any visible defect in the eye, usually from loss of power in the optic nerve; — called also gutta serena, the “drop serene,” of Milton.A-māze', v. t. p. 42To confound with fear, sudden surprise, or wonder; to confuse with terror and astonishment; to astonish. Till the great plover's human whistle amazed Her heart, and glancing round the waste, she…A-māze', n. p. 42Perplexity, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; astonishment; confusion. The wild, bewildered gaze Of one to stone converted by amaze. Byron. It is chiefly used in poetry, and is synonymous with…A-māz'ed-ly, adv. p. 42With amazement; in a manner to confound. [Rare.] Shak.A-māz'ed-ness, n. p. 42The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder. Bp. Hall.A-māze'ful, a. p. 42Full of amazement; carrying amazement. Marston.A-māze'ment, n. p. 42The state or condition of being amazed; astonishment; extreme wonder, confusion, or perplexity, from a sudden impression of fear, surprise, or wonder. His words impression left Of much amazement.…A-māz'ing-ly, adv. p. 42In an amazing degree.Ăm'a-zon, n. p. 42One of a fabulous race of female warriors, who founded an empire on the coast of the Euxine; — hence, a warlike or masculine woman; a virago. Amazon ant (Entom.), a species of ants (Formica…Ăm'a-zō'ni-an, a. p. 42Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; bold; of masculine manners; warlike. When with his Amazonian [i. e., beardless] chin he drove The bristled lips before him. Shak. 2. (Geog.) Belonging to the…Ămb. p. 42About; around; — a prefix used in composition in words derived from the Latin.Am-bā'jēs, n. p. 42A winding or turning;— hence, a circuit of words to express ideas which may be expressed in fewer words; a circumlocution; a periphrasis. After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy…Am-bā’g’-i-nous or Am-bā’g’-i-ous, a. p. 42Circumlocutory. [Rare.]Am-băg'i-to-ry, a. p. 42Circumlocutory; ambagious; indirect. [Rare.] Partaking of what scholars call the periphrastic and ambagitory. W. Scott.Am-băs'sa-dor, n. p. 42A minister of the highest rank employed by a government to represent it and manage its interests at the court or seat of government of some other power. ☞ This is the more common orthography; but…Am·băs′sa-dō′ri-al, a. p. 42Pertaining to an ambassador.Am-băs'sa-dress, n. p. 42A female ambassador; the wife of an ambassador. Prescott.Am'be or Am'bi, n. p. 43(Med.) (a.) A superficial eminence on a bone. (b.) A surgical instrument formerly used for reducing dislocations of the shoulder. Dunglison.Am'ber, n. p. 43(Min.) A yellowish resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the sea-shore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes…Ámbergris p. 432. Ámbergris. [Obs.] You that smell of amber at my charge. Beau. & Fl.Am'ber, a. p. 43Consisting of amber; made of amber. “Amber bracelets.” Shak. 2. Resembling amber, especially in color. “The amber moon.” Tennyson.Am'ber, v. t. p. 43To scent or flavor with amber. “Ambered wine.” Beau. & Fl.Ăm'ber-drĭnk, n. p. 43A drink resembling amber in color. Bacon.Ăm'ber-grīs, n. p. 43A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physetor macrocephalus)…Am'ber-seed, n. p. 43Musk-seed, from the Hibiscus abelmoschus; a seed somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk. Chambers.Am'ber-tree, n. p. 43A species of Anthospermum, a shrub, with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.Am'ber-weep'ing, a. p. 43Distilling amber. Crashaw.Ambes'ās, n. p. 43Two aces, the lowest throw on the dice. [Obs.] Life of Bezet.Ăm'/bi-dĕx'ter, n. p. 43A person who uses both hands with equal facility. Browne. 2. Hence, a double dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. The rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, so many turning…