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Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.

Starch-forming; amylogenic.

The diastase of the pancreatic juice.

One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.

Wanting in muscle; without flesh.

Same as Amice, a hood or cape.

A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36½, at Hamburg 38¼. [Written also Aum and Awm.]

On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.

One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms. Nares. To sham Abraham, to feign sickness. Goldsmith.

Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.

Relating to the patriarch Abraham.

expression of approval; loud applause. On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. Southey.

Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.

ystem of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.

A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.

Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.

Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.

Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.