AMB
AMB, AM. About; around; used in composition. Gr., Lat. am or amb
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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AMBAGES
AMBA'GES, noun [Latin amb and ago, to drive.]1. A circumlocution; a circuit of words to express ideas which may be expressed in fewer words.2. A winding or turning.
AMBASSADOR
AMBAS'SADOR, noun [This is the more common orthography; but good authors write also embassador; and as the orthography of embassy is established, it would be better to write emb...
AMBE
AM'BE or AM'BI, noun [Gr. a brim; from amb, about.]
AMBER
AM'BER, noun [In 1 Kings 10:2-10, the Arabic is rendered spices. The Arabic word is rendered by Castle, amber a marine fish, a shield made of skins, crocus and fimus.]A hard sem...
AMBER-DRINK
AM'BER-DRINK, noun A drink resembling amber in color.
AMBER-DROPPING
AM'BER-DROPPING, adjective Dropping amber.
AMBER-FELLOW
CHAMBER-FELLOW, AMBER-FELLOW, noun One who sleeps in the same apartment.
AMBER-SEED
AM'BER-SEED, noun Musk-seed, resembling millet. It is of a bitterish taste, and brought from Egypt and the West Indies.
AMBER-TREE
AM'BER-TREE, noun The English name of a species of Anthospermum, a shrub, with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.
AMBERGRIS
AM'BERGRIS, nounA solid, opake, ash-colored inflammable substance, variegated like marble, remarkably light, rugged on its surface, and when heated, it has a fragrant odor. It d...
AMBI
AM'BE or AM'BI, noun [Gr. a brim; from amb, about.]Literally, a brim; but in surgery, an instrument for reducing dislocated shoulders, so called from the jutting of its extremit...
AMBIDEXTER
AM'BIDEXTER, noun [Latin ambo, both, and dexter, the right hand.]1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility.2. A double dealer; one equally ready to act on either side ...
AMBIDEXTERITY
AMBIDEXTER'ITY,AMBIDEX'TROUS, adjective Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease; practicing on siding with both parties.
AMBIDEXTROUS
AMBIDEX'TROUS, a. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease; practicing on siding with both parties.
AMBIDEXTROUSNESS
AMBIDEX'TROUSNESS, noun The faculty of using both hands with equal facility; double dealing; the taking of money from both parties for a verdict.
AMBIENT
AM'BIENT, adjective [Latin ambiens, from ambio, to go round, from amb, about, and eo, to go.]Surrounding; encompassing on all sides; investing; applied to fluids or diffusible s...
AMBIGENAL
AMBIG'ENAL, adjective [Latin ambo, both, and genu, a knee.]An ambigenal hyperbola is one of the triple hyperbolas of the second order, having one of its infinite legs falling wi...
AMBIGU
AM'BIGU, noun An entertainment or feast, consisting of a medley of dishes.
AMBIGUITY
AMBIGU'ITY, noun [Latin ambiguitas, from ambigo.]Doubtfulness or uncertainty of signification, from a word's being susceptible of different meanings; double meaning.Words should...
AMBIGUOUS
AMBIG'UOUS, adjective [Latin ambiguus.]Having two or more meanings; doubtful; being of uncertain signification; susceptible of different interpretations; hence, obscure. It is a...
AMBIGUOUSLY
AMBIG'UOUSLY, adverb In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.
AMBIGUOUSNESS
AMBIG'UOUSNESS, noun The quality of being ambiguous; uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; and hence, obscurity.
AMBILEVOUS
AMBILEVOUS, adjective [Latin, both, left.] Left handed on both sides. [Not in use.]
AMBILOGY
AMBIL'OGY, noun [ambo, both, and speech.]Talk or language of doubtful meaning.
AMBILOQUOUS
AMBIL'OQUOUS, adjective [ambo, both, and laquor, to speak.]Using ambiguous expressions.
AMBIT
AM'BIT, noun [Latin ambitus, a circuit, from ambio, to go about. See Ambient.]The line that encompasses a thing; in geometry, the perimeter of a figure, or the surface of a body...