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A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.

Amatory. [R.] Johnson.

ed at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side. "A fine easy amble." B. Jonson.

Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious. [R.]"Ambrosiac odors." B. Jonson.

Ambrosial. [R.] . Jonson.

attacking by surprise; liers in wait. [Obs.] The ambush arose quickly out of their place. Josh. viii. 19. To lay an ambush, to post a force in ambush.

Amen, amen, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God. John ii. 3. Rhemish Trans. To say amen to, to approve warmly; to concur in heartily or emphatically; to ratify; as, I say Amen to all.

Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of. Blessed art thou among women. Luke i. 28.

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

Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. Johnson.

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

-- a word used by old English authors. Shak. Nay, an thou dalliest, then I am thy foe. B. Jonson. An if, and if; if.

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

A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis." The anabasis of Napoleon. De Quincey.

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

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

One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.

Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.

Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.

Saltpeter. Coxe. Johnson.