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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-mis'si-bil'i-ty, n. p. 45Possibility or chance of being lost. [Rare.] Notions of popular rights and the amissibility of sovereign power for misconduct were alternately broached by the two great religious parties of Europe.…A-mis'sion, n. p. 45Deprivation; loss. [Obs.] “Acquisition and amission.” Browne.A-mit', v. t. p. 45To lose. [Obs.] A lode-stone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Browne.Am'i-ty, n. p. 45Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; harmony; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce. Its hostile amity can be obtained on no terms that do not…Am'ma, n. p. 45An abbess or spiritual mother.Ăm'mă, n. p. 45A girdle or truss used in ruptures.Ăm'man or Ăm'mant, n. p. 45In some European nations, an officer who has cognizance of civil causes. Among the French, a notary public or officer who draws up deeds and other instruments.Am'me-līne, n. p. 45(Organic Chem.) A base corresponding in composition to one part of ammonia, one of mellone, and two of water. Gregory.Am'mi-ral, n. p. 45An obsolete form of admiral. “The mast Of some great ammiral.” Milton.Am'mite, n. p. 45(Geol.) A rock consisting of small concretions like grains of sand or roe of fish in size. It is the roe-stone or oölite of recent authors;—written also ham'mite. Dana.Ăm'mo-chrŷse, n. p. 45A yellow, soft stone, consisting of glossy yellow particles. When rubbed or ground, it is sometimes used to strew over writing, like black sand.Ăm'mo-dȳte, n. p. 45(Nat. Hist.) (a.) One of a genus of apodal fishes; the sand-eel. (b.) A kind of viper. (c.) Any plant that grows in the sand. Dana.Am-mō'nī-ă, n. p. 45(Chem.) An alkali, which is gaseous or aëriform in its uncombined state. It has a pungent smell and taste, and consists of three equivalents of hydrogen and one of nitrogen. It is now considered an…Am-mō'ni-æ or Am'mo-nī'æ-al, a. p. 45Pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, ammoniacal salts.Am-mō'ni-ae or Gūm-am-mō'ni-ae, n. p. 45(Med.) The concrete juice of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum, brought from Persia in large masses, composed of tears, internally white, and externally yellow. It has a peculiar smell…Sal ammoniac p. 45the salt usually called muriate of ammonia, or chloride of ammonium.Am-mō’ni-an, a. p. 45Relating to Ammonius, surnamed Saccas, of Alexandria, who flourished at the end of the second century, and who completed the establishment of the eclectic sect of philosophers, which originated with…Am'mon-ite, n. p. 45(Geol.) A fossil shell related to the nautilus, and belonging to the tribe of cephalopods, or cuttle-fish. There are many species, and all are extinct, having existed only in the secondary period, or…Am-mō'ni-ŭm, n. p. 45(Chem.) A compound radical, consisting of four equivalents of hydrogen and one of nitrogen, and having the chemical relations of an element, or of a compound metal. Gregory.Ăm'mo-nī'ū-ret, n. p. 45A certain supposed compound of ammonia and a pure metal, or an oxide of a metal. [Obs.]Am'mu-ni'tion, n. p. 45Military stores, or provisions for attack or defense. In modern usage, the signification is confined to the articles which are used in charging fire-arms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls…Am-nē'si-ā, n. p. 45(Med.) Loss of memory. Dunglison.Am'nes-ty, n. p. 45An act of oblivion; a general pardon of the offenses committed in time of war, or the proclamation of such pardon.Am-nĭc'o-lĭst, n. p. 45One who lives near a river. [Obs.] Bailey.Am-nĭg'e-noŭs, a. p. 45Born or bred in, of, or near, a river. [Obs.] Bailey.Am'ni-on or Am'ni-os, n. p. 45(Anat.) The innermost membrane surrounding the fetus in the womb.Am'ni-ōt'ic, a. p. 45Pertaining to, or contained in, the amnios; as, the amniotic fluid. 2. Relating to the liquor of the amnios. Amniotic acid, an acid found in the amniotic fluid of the cow; considered the same as the…A-mœ'bă, n. p. 45(Zoöl.) An animalcule capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. Dana.Ăm'ō-bē'an, a. p. 45Alternately answering. Warton.Am'æ-bæ'um, n. p. 45A poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately, as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil. Encyc. Brit.A·mœ'bōüs, a. p. 45Like an amœba in structure. Dana.Am'o-lĭ'tion, n. p. 45Removal; a putting away. [Obs.]A-mō'mum, n. p. 46(Bot.) A genus of plants, all natives of warm climates, and remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties. It includes the Grana Paradisi, or grains of paradise.A-mōng' or A-mōngst', prep. p. 46Mixed or mingled with. They heard, And from his presence hid themselves among The thickest trees. Milton. 2. Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of. “Blessed art thou among…A-mōn'til-tā'do, n. p. 46A dry kind of sherry, of a light color, much used to reduce the color of other sherries when too high. Simmonds.Ăm'o-ret, n. p. 46A lover. “When amorets no more can shine.” J. Warton.Ām'o-rètte', n. p. 46An amorous woman. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. A love-knot, or love-token. [Obs.] Chaucer. 3. A petty love affair or amour. [Obs.] Chaucer.Ăm'o-rist, n. p. 46A lover; a gallant; an inamorato. [Rare.] It was the custom for an amorist to impress the name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. Southey.A-mòrn'ings, adv. p. 46In the mornings. “To give her music a-mornings.” Shak.Ām'o-rō'sā, n. p. 46A wanton woman; a courtesan.Ăm′o-rō′so, n. p. 46A lover; a man enamored. Bailey.Ām'o-rō'so, adv. p. 46(Mus.) In a tender, slow manner.Ăm'o-roŭs, a. p. 46Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; as, an amorous disposition. 2. In love; enamored; — usually with of. “Princes amorous of their chief.” Chapman. Sure my…Ăm'o-roŭs-ly, adv. p. 46In an amorous manner; fondly; lovingly.Ăm'o-roŭs-ness, n. p. 46The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; fondness; lovingness.A-môr'phism, n. p. 46A state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, &c. There are many substances which, when fused, may cool as glass or as stone; the glass state is…A-môr'phous, a. p. 46Having no determinate form; of irregular shape; not of any regular figure. Kirwan. 2. Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance. Dana. 3. Of no particular kind or…Ām'or-phō'tæ, n. pl. p. 46(Astron.) Stars not formed into any constellation.Ă-môr'/pho-zō'ā, n. pl. p. 46(Zoöl.) Living substances without a mouth or regular internal structure, as the sponges. Blainville.A-mōr'phy, n. p. 46Irregularity of form. [Obs.] Swift.A-mōrt', a. p. 46Lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed; inanimate. “What, sweeting! all amort!” Shak.A-môr'ti-zā'tion or A-môr'tize-ment, n. p. 46(Law.) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain. 2. The extinction of debt, particularly by means of a…A-mór'tize, v. t. p. 46(Law.) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See MORTMAIN.A-mō'tion, n. p. 46Removal; ouster. Warton. 2. (Law.) Deprivation of possession; the removal of an officer or member of a corporation, properly the former. Kent. Burvill.A-mount', v. i. p. 46To go up; to ascend; hence, to depart. So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. Spenser. 2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come in the aggregate or…A-mount', v. t. p. 46To increase; to augment. [Rare.] “Whose number was now amounted to 300.” Swift.A-mount′, n. p. 46The sum total of two or more particular sums or quantities; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16. 2. The effect, substance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.A-mour', n. p. 46An unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an affair of gallantry.A-mov'al, n. p. 46Total removal. [Obs.] Evelyn.A-mōve′, v. t. p. 46To remove. [Obs.] 2. To move; to touch; to excite. [Obs.] Speed. At her so piteous cry was much amoved Her champion stout. Spenser. 3. (Law.) To remove from a post or station. Hale.