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Of or relating to, or produced by, love. "Amorous delight." Milton. "Amorous airs." Waller.

g an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.

To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. He annexed a province to his kingdom. Johnson.

A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea.

That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

called also Phébus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.

The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [Obs.]

he principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.

A long, arched building or gallery.

To happen or occur. [Archaic] Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. Waller.

How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast, Instruct the articles and reward their. Waller.

As if; as though. [Obs. or Poetic] He lies, as he his bliss did know. Waller.

to soar. My own breath still foments the fire, Which flames as high as fancy can aspire. Waller.

A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.

The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.

An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.

A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied. Knight.

A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.

soles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

ll; a rifball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.