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The strength of a current of electricity carried by a conductor or generated by a machine, measured in ampères.

group children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake. Gilpin.

n anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

nus is Sorghum, including A. sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as A. nardus and A. schonanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery.

A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. Pope. Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90º. -- Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg commo…

A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.

The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

cluding the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms. [Written also Annuloidea.]

One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.

Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.

osulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.

In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

xaltation. "The apotheosis of chivalry." Prescott. "The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery." F. Harrison.

ex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.

n end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.

y 2 Sam. xi. 20. But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Heb. x. 25.

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Approaching; approximate. -- Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ly, adv. -- Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ness, n.

A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.