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On my life; dearly. [Obs.] "I love that sport alife." Beau. & Fl.

rth and no matter. Shak. All the whole, the whole (emphatically). [Obs.] "All the whole army." Shak.

An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. [Obs.] The like allayment could I give my grief. Shak.

Characterized by allogamy.

thing associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary. Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its ally. Buckle.

The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.

ow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina). Shenstone.

ower in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ps. lxxxix. 34.

n words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. "Stormy altercations." Macaulay.

A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among. My decided preference is for the fourth and last of thalternatives. Gladstone.

Ambergris. [Obs.] You that smell of amber at my charge. Beau. & Fl.

office, or any other object of desire; canvassing. [Obs.] [I] used no ambition to commend my deeds. Milton.

A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.

A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.

A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare. Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege Or ambush from the deep. Milton.

To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve. "My fortune . . . amends." Sir P. Sidney.

a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.

on. Thy roses amorous of the moon. Keats. High nature amorous of the good. Tennyson. Sure my brother is amorous on Hero. Shak.

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.

tack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.