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A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine. CH3.C.CH

A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.

In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south. Shipley.

A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.

By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.

Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives. Having to choose between two alternatives, safety and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

rth American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.

The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love. Combe.

Almonry. [Improperly so used]

se now denotes a public apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for improper language or treatment.

In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.

Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. What error drives our eyes and ears amiss Shak. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss.…

To lose. [Obs.] A lodestone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas. Ammoniacal engine, an engine in which the vapor of ammonia is used as the motive force. -- Sal ammoniac Etym: [L. sal ammoniacus], the salt usually called chloride of ammonium, and formerly muriate of ammonia.…

Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.

nt of half an ampère is said to have 2½ ampère turns. The magnetizing effect of a coil is proportional to the number of its ampère turns.

A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.

Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation. [R.]

Sexual propagation. [R.]

largeness of dimensions; size. The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese. Fuller.