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One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.

To amalgamate. [R.]

An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.

To amalgamate and blend; to beat up or mix in water, as clay.

A zinc-carbon cell in which the zinc (amalgamated) is surrounded by dilute sulphuric acid, and the carbon by nitric acid or a chromic acid mixture, the two plates being separated by a porous cup.

To estamate; to think; to regard; to view. Considered as plays, his works are absurd. Macaulay.

Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)

and Worcester, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills. The breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others.

Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettant speculation. Carlyle.

An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.

In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the line by act of March 3, 1899. It consisted of assistant and passed assistant engineers, ranking with ensigns and lieutenants, chief engineers, ranking from lieutenant to captain, and engineer in chief, ranking with commodore and…

Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone.

In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighingnot more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds).

nitrogenous substance C3N3H5O3 obtained from alloxan (or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate), as a stable white crystalline powder; -- called also oxaluramide.

Ethyl oxamate, obtained as a white scaly crystalline powder.

Methyl oxamate, obtained as a pearly white crystalline substance.

Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.

The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; - - opposed to Ant: amateurism.

; and the cost of construction (for American boats) not more than $2400. The crew must be amateurs and citizens of the country in which the yacht was built.

Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs. Such fashionable cant terms as `theatricals,' and `musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity. I. Disraeli.