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o keep in extraction; to beguile; to delude. He amused his followers with idle promises. Johnson.

A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.

Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether. Amylic alcohol (Chem.), one of the series of alcohols, a transparent, colorless liquid, having a peculiar odor. It is the hydroxide of amyl. -- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.…

One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.

gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.

A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument. Johnson.

n, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to pl. analogies. Johnson.

Saltpeter. Coxe. Johnson.

A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. Johnson.

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.

An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.

Having the power of giving life or spirit. Johnson.

Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.

The univalent radical CH3OC6H4CH2; as, anisyl alcohol.

ly to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson.

the stiffened limbs anoint. Dryden. He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John ix. 6.

not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2. While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7.

Having a handle. Johnson.

efuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. Johnson.