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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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ALONGSHORE adv.
Along the shore or coast.
ALONGSHOREMAN n.
See Longshoreman.
ALPENHORN; ALPHORN n.
A curved wooden horn about three feet long, with a cupped mouthpiece and a bell, used by the Swiss to sound the ranz des vaches and other melodies. Its notes are open harmonics of the tube.
ALTERNATOR n.
An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternating currents.
ALTHORN n.
An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove.
ALUMINIFORM a.
pertaining the form of alumina.
ALVEOLIFORM a.
Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
AMALGAMATOR n.
One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.
AMATORIAL a.
Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.
AMATORIALLY adv.
In an amatorial manner.
AMATORIAN a.
Amatory. [R.] Johnson.
AMATORIOUS a.
Amatory. [Obs.] "Amatorious poem." Milton.
AMATORY a.
Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.
AMBAGITORY a.
Ambagious. [R.]
AMBASSADOR; EMBASSADOR n. 2 definitions
A minister of the highest rank sent a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.
AMBASSADORIAL a.
Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole.
AMBASSADORSHIP n.
The state, office, or functions of an ambassador.
AMBULACRIFORM a.
Having the form of ambulacra.
AMBULATOR n. 4 definitions
A genus of birds, or one of this genus.
AMBULATORIAL a.
Ambulatory; fitted for walking. Verrill.
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