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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