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See Am.

say, Amen. Ps. cvi. 48. 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.

for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.] Blackstone.

aining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." Lyell. American ivy. See Virginia creeper. -- American Party (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power. -- Native american Party (U. S. Politi…

Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice.

alled bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.

See Amianthus. [Poetic]

See Amidst.

or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. "This fair tree amidst the garden." "Unseen amid the throng." "Amidst thick clouds." Milton. "Amidst acclamations." "Amidst the splendor and festivity of a court." Macaulay. But rather famish them amid their plenty. Shak.

An order of ganoid fishes of which Amis is type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.

A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.] Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. Shak.

An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.

rized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac. Amniotic acid. (Chem.) [R.] See Allantoin.

A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.

To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain.

stituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.

the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.

ds so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.

the compass. The difference between the magnetic and the true or astronomical amplitude (see 3 above) is the "variation of the compass."

emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.