Am″pe‐lite (ăm″pē̍‐līt), n. [L. ampelitis, Gr. αμπελἰ̑τισ, fr. ἄμπελοσ vine.] (Min.) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; — applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.