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ice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton.

Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.)

Like the Alps; lofty. "Gazing up an Alpine height." Tennyson.

In like manner; likewise. [Obs.]

Like the articles.

Somewhat like alum.

Formed or vaulted like a beehive.

Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.

In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur. -- Am`a*teur"ish*ly, adv. -- Am`a*teur"ish*ness, n.

Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike. Shak.

, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers.

s its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212º Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. Dana.

To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. Shak.

Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.

cking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.

by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;

Shaped like a catkin.

f disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.

Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

Like or pertaining to the Amioidei. -- n.