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AMBUSTION—
AMENITY.
AMENORRHCEA— AMETHYST.
AMBUSTION, am-bus'tsbun,
i.
(ambustio,
Lnt.)
A
burn,
a scald.
A
MM.,
nm'mel,
«.
(email,
Fr.)
The matter used
in
the
process
of
enamelling.
A M
r,i
A
\
i 11i i i;, a-me-lan'sheer, ». (Savoy name for
Medlar.)
A
genus
of shrubs
al lied to the
pear
:
Order,
Rosacese.
AMELCORN, am'mel-kawrn,
i.
(French,
amylum,
starch,
Lat.)
An old name for a kind
of
grain
of which starch
was
made.
AMKLET. See Omelet.
AMELIORATE,
a-mele-o-rate, v. a. (ameliorer,
Fr.
from
a,
and
melior,
better,
Lat.)
To
improve.
AMELIORATION,
a-me-le-o-ra'shun,
.-•.
(French.)
Improvement.
AHELLUS,
a-mellns,
».
(after
the name
of
a
plant
mentioned
by
Virgil.)
The
Aster,
a
genus
of
plants
: Order,
Composite
: Suborder
or
tribe,
Carduaceas.
AMIS,
a'men,
ad.
(amn,
so
let
it
be,
Heb.)
A
term
used in devotions,
by
which,
at the
end
of
a
prayer,
we
mean,
be it
so, and,
at the end of
a
creed,
so
it is.
AMENABLE,
a-me'na-bl,
a.
(umesnable,
Fr.)
Re
sponsible
;
subject,
so as to be
liable to account.
AMENANCE,
a-me'nans,
v. a.
(ameneir,
old
Fr.)
To
direct
or
manage by
force.
AMI .s
Av
i
:,
a-me'nans,
t.
(amanut,
Lat.)
Conduct
;
behaviour
;
rr.ein.
—
Obsolete.
For ho is
fit
touse in all assaya,
Whether
for
arms and
warlike
amenance,
Or elsefor
irise
and civil
governance.
—
Spenser.
AMEND, a-mend',
v. a.
(amender,
Fr.
amende,
Lat.)
To correct
;
to
change anything
that is
wrong
to
something
better
; to chastise
;
to reform the life ;
to
leave off wickedness.
In
this sense we use
mend.
To restore
passages
which the
copiers
are
supposed
to have
omitted.
AMENDABLE,
a-men'da-bl,
o.
(amenable,
Fr.)
Re
parable
;
that which
may
be
mended.
AMENDE,
a-mend',
>.
(Fr.)
Fine;
penalty;
mulct;
forfeit. The amende honorable, a public acknow
ledgment
of
injury
doneto another :
reparation
of
honour.
In
French
Law,
the
amende
honorable
was
formerly
a
species
of
infamous
punishment
inflicted
upon
traitors,
parricides,
or
sacrilegious
persons,
either
by
the
acknowledgment
of
his
criminal offencesin
open
court,
on
his
knees,
and
uncovered
;
or
by being
made to
kneel,
in
his
shirt,
with a torch
in
his hand,
and a
rope
round
his
neck,
held
by
the
public
executioner.
This
degradation
was
usually conjoined
with
some
other
punishment,
AMI..S
i».u,
,'i
nicn
unr,
t.
The
person
who
corrects
or amends
anything.
AMENDFUL,
a-mend'ful,
a.
Full
of
improvement.
AMENDING, a-mend'mg,
.s.
The act
of
amending,
or
of correction of error
or conduct.
AMENDMENT,
a-mcml'ment,
.-.-.
A
change
from
the
worse to the
better
;
reformation
of
life
;
recovery
of
health. In
Law,
the correction
of an
error
committed in a
process,
and
espied
before or after
judgment
;
and
sometimes
after the
party's
seek
ing
advantage by
the error.
AMENDS,
a-mendz',
s.
(corrupted
from
amende,
Fr.)
Recompense
;
compensation
;
atonement.
If
oursoulabo
immortal,
this makee
abundant amends
for
the
frailties of
life,
aud
the
sufferings
of
this state.—
AMENITY,
a-men'e-te,
s.
(amrnM,
Fr.
amamittu,
Lat.)
Pleasantness
;
agreeableuess
of situation
or behaviour.
AMENORRIKEA, a-me-nawr're-n,
s,
(a,
without,
men,
a
month,
Gr.)
Au
irregular
or defective
morbid
menstrual discharge.
A M
i
s
i .1
1 i
;. •.,
a-men-ta'se-e,
s.
(amentum,
a
catkin,
Lat)
A
name
sometimes
applied
to
a numberof
trees,
the flowers of which are
arranged
in
dense
cylindrical
deciduous
spikes
or
catkins,
asin
the
willow,
birch,
hazel, oak,
c. The term
is abo
lished,
the different
plants
being
now
arranged
under
their
respective
orders,
Cupuh'fene,
Sali-
cincie, Betulinese,
and
Plantacea?.
AMENTACEOUS, a-men-ta'shus,
a.
Belonging
to
the Amentacea:
;
having
au amentum or catkin
for its
inflorescence.
AMENTUES,
a-men'tAes,
:,-.
(Greek.)
The
kingdom
of the dead
;
the Tartarus of the ancient
Egyptians.
AMENTIA or
AMENTY,
a-men'she-a,
a-men'te,
«.
(a,
without,
men*,
mind,
Lat.)
Idiocy.
AMENTUM,
a-men'tum,
*.
(Latin
word for
a
thong
or
loop.)
A
catkin,
the male inflorescence
of the
hazel, birch,
willow,
c. When the bructeiB
on
the
principal
stalk are close and
overlap
one an
other,
or are
imbricated with the
flowers,
and sessik
in
their
axilla,
the
spike
is termed
an amentum
or
catkin
;
the
spikes
are
generally
erect
catkins,
or
amenta are
pendant.
AMBRCE, a-mers',
».
a.
(amercier,
Fr.)
To
punish
with a
pecuniary penalty
;
to exact a fine
;
to.in
fl ict a
forfeiture.
Millions
of
spirits
for hin faults amerced
Of
heaven,
and
front eternal
splendours
flung
For
his
revolt.—Milton.
AMERCEABLE,
a-mers'a-bl, a.
Liable
to
b»
amerced.
AMERCEMENT, a-mers'ment,
*. The
pecuniary
punishment
of an
offender ;
punishment
or loss
in
general.
AMERCER,
a-mer'sur,
i.
One wlie amerces
or fines
for
any
misdemeanour, or
inflicts a forfeiture.
AMEHCIAMENT, a-mer'se-a-ment,
*.
A
form
of
th
word
amercement used
in
old law
books.
AMERICAN,
a-mer'e-kan,
*.
An
aboriginal
nativ
of
America
;
an
inhabitant
of
America
;
—
a.
re
lating
to America.
AMERICAN ALOE, t. The
Agave
americanas.
—
£«
Agave.
AMERICAN
COWSLIP,
s.
—
See
Dodaoatbeon.
AMERICAN
GAMBOGE,
«.
The
juice
of
the
Hypen
cum
baccatum.
AMERICANISM,
a-mer'e-kan-izm,
.-•. Au
idiom
peculiar
to America.
AMERICANIZE,
a-mer'e-kan-ize,
v.
a.
To
raider
American.
AMERICAN NUTMEO.
The
Monodora
or
AnonaUy-
ristica :
Order,
Anonacese.
—
See
Munodonu
AMERIMNUM,
am-e-rim'num,
».
(a,
priv. mivlmna,
care,
Gr.)
A
genus
of
Leguminous
plants
: Sub
order,
Papilionacete.
AMES- ACE
—
See
Ambs-:ice.
AMEBS, am'es,
s.
(corrupted
from
aroice.)
A
priest's
vestment.
AMETABOLIA,
a-met-a-bo'le-a,
«.
(without, and
metalole,
change,
Gr.)
A
subclasa
o£
inaeets,
which do not
undergo
the
metamorpbuosis
common
to the
other wseets.
AMETHODICAL, a-me-«4od'e-kal,
a.
With
order
01
method
;
regular.
AMETHYST,
arn'e-tiist,
r..
(cmethysto*^
coutru;
to.
HO
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