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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.

Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. Quian.

Of or pertaining to amnesia. "Amnesic or coördinate defects." Quian.

ion. Brande & C. I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. Sir J. Davies.

Want or defect of sight; blindness.

Nonsecretion or defective secretion of urine; ischury.

Defective digestion, indigestion. Coxe.

A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistictness of vision.

physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.

or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation.

consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model.

ity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind. Sin is a soil which blemisheth the beauty of thy soul. Brathwait.

Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. Shak.

Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind. "Bodily defects." L'Estrange.

Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.

Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.

t. xxviii. 60. Sophistry cleaves close to and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects. Cowper.

A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.

A defect or malformation; esp., a fissure of the iris supposed to be a persistent embryonic cleft.