AMB AME

nor 167, n6t 163— tube 171, t&b 172, bfill 173—Sll 299— pound 313— thin 466, this 469,to put into confusion with wonder; to

put into perplexity.

AMAZE, a-maze', s. Astonishment, confu-sion, either of fear or wonder.

AMAZEDLY, 4-mk'zed-le, ad. 364. Con-fusedly. with amazement.

AMAZEDNESS, a-mazed-nes, s. 305. Thestate of being amazed, wonder, confusion.AMAZEMENT, a-maze'ment, s. Confusedapprehension, extreme fear, horror; extremedejection ; height of admiration ; wonder atan unexpected event.

AMAZING,a-mazing, part. a. Wonderful,

astonishing.

AMAZINGLY, a-ma z!ng-le,ad.To adegreethat may excite astonishment.

AMAZON, ama-zun, s. 166. The Amazons were a race of women famous for valour; avirago.

£3* This word has the accent on the first syllable,contrary to the Latin original, which has it on the se-cond ; while the following word Ambages has thesame penultimate accent as in Latin .

AMBAGES, Sm-ha'jez, s. 503. A circuit ofwords, a multiplicity of words.

AMBASSADE, am-bils-sade', a. Embassy.Not in use.

AMBASSADOR, am-bas'sa-dur, s. A per-son sent in a public manner from one sovereignpower to another, 418.—See Honour.AMBASSADRESS, dm-biis'sa-dres, s. Thelady of an ambassador; a woman sent on amessage.

AMBASSAGE^m'bils-sajej.s.OO.AnembassyAMBER, am'bur, s.98. A yellow transparentsubstance, of a gummous or bituminous con-sistence.

AMBER, dm'btir, a. Consisting of amber.AMBER-DRINK, dm'bur-drink, s. Drinkof the colour of amber.

AMBERGRIS, am'bur-grese, s. 112. A fra-grant drug that melts almost like wax, usedboth as a perfume and a cordial.AMBER-SEED, am'bur-seed, s. Resemblesmillet.

AMBER-TREE, am'bur-tree, s. A shrubwhose beauty is in its small evergreen leaves.AMBIDEXTER, dm-be-dex'ter, s. A manwho has equally the use of both his hands ; aman who U equally ready to act on either sidein party disputes.

AMBIDEXTERITY, &m-be-dex-ter're-te, s.The quality of being able equally to use bothhands ; double dealing.

AMBIDEXTROUS, am-be-dex'trus,<t. Having, with equal facility, the use of either hand;double dealing, practising on both sides.

AMBIDEXTROUSNESS, dm-be-dex'trus-nes, s. The quality of being ambidextrous.AMBIENT, am'be-ent, a. Surrounding, eu-compassing.

AMBIGU , am'be-gu, s. An entertainmentconsisting <>f a medlev of dishes.

AMBIGUITY, am-be-gue-te, s. Doubtful

ness of meaning ; uncertainty of signification

AMBIGUOUS,am-blg'u-us,«. Doubtful, hav-ing two nieanings; using Honblful expressions.AMBIGUOUSLY, am-blg'u-us-le, ltd. In an

ambiguous maimer, doubtfully

AMBIGUOUSNESS,ilni-blgu-fis-nes.s.Uiv

certainty of meaning; duplicity of signification.AMBILOGY, am-billo-ge, s. 518. Talk ofambiguous signification.

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AMBILOQUOUS, ttm-bfa'lo-kwus, a. Usingambiguous expressions, 518.

AMBIT, dm'blt, s. The compass or circuit ofany thing.

AMBITION, 2m-blsh'un, s. 507. The desireof preferment or honour ; the desire of anything great or excellent.

AMBITIOUS, iim-bish'us, a. 459. Seized ortouched with ambition, desirous of advance-ment, aspiring.

AMBITIOUSLY, am-bish'us-le, ad. Witheagerness of advancement or preference.

AMBITIOUSNESS, ilm-bisli'is-nes, s. Thequality of being ambitious.

MKTTTTDF.- am'be-tude. s

AMBITUDE, am'bc-tude, s. 463. Compass,circuit.

To AMBLE, am'bl, r. n. 405. To move uponan amble, lo pace ; to move easily ; to walkdaintily.

AMBLE, am'bl, s. 405. An easy pace.AMBLER, am'blur, s. 98. A pacer.AMBLINGLY, am'bling-le, ad. Willi anambling movement.

AMBROSIA, am-bro'zhe-5, s. 505. The ima-ginary food of the gods ; the name of a plant.

Sir. Sheridan has pronounced this ;.m1 the fol.lowing word am-brO'Sha and am-brchshal. Dr. Ken-rick has divided them into the same number of sylla*hies, but has given the s the flat aspiration, like zh.That thi3 is the true sound,see letter.S’, No.453; and thatthese words ought to be divided into lour syllables,see Syllabication, "Nos. 542, 543.

AMBROSIAL, am-bro'zhe-al, a. Partakingof the nature or quality of amb.osia; delicious.AMBRY, ani'bre, s. the place where almsare distributed; the place where plate, andutensils for housekeeping, are kept.AMBS-ACE, amez-ase', s. 347. A doubleace, aces.

AMBULATION , am-bu-la'shun, s. The actof walking.

AMBULATORY , am'bu-la-tur-re, a. That

which has the power or faculty of walking.512.AMBURY, am'bu-re, 5. A bloody wart on ahorse’s body.

AMBUSCADE , am-bus-kide', s. A privatestation in which men lie to surprise othersAMBUSCADO, am-bus-ka'dA, s. 77. A pri-vate post, in order to surprise.

AMBUSH, am'hush, s. 175. The post wheresoldiers or assassins are placed in order to fallunexpectedly upon an enemy ; the act of sur-prising another, by lying in wait; the state oflyiiiff m wait. _ 2

AMBUSHED, am'bush-ed, a. 359. Placedin ambush. , „ s , 2 , .

AMBUSHMENT, am'bush-ment, 3 . Am.

bush, surprise. ,

AMBUSTION,ctm-bus tsliun, s. 404. A burn,

AMEL, am'm el, s. The matter with which

the variegated tforks are overlaid, which wecall enamelled.

AMEN, a'men', ad. A term used in devotions,by which, at the end of a prayer, wc mean, sobe it* at the end of a creed, so it is.yy Tl ,j s is tbe only word in the language that hasnecessarily two consecutive accents.—Sec Principles,No. 49 L j

AMENABLE, a-me'na-bl, a. 405. Responsi-ble, subject so as to be liable to account.AMENANCE, d-me'uanse, s. Conduct, be-i haviour*