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A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC…

A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.

Using both hands with equal ease. Smollett.

Pertaining the faculty of using both hands with equal ease. Sir T. Browne.

can rest upon the course to be pursued. I. Taylor. The words are of single signification, without any ambiguity. South.

course; an ambiguous expression. What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding Milton.

In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.

Circuit or compass. His great parts did not live within a small ambit. Milward.

sly or eagerly; to covet. [R.] Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull.

To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. Shak.

With an ambling gait.

Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.

A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.

A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.

To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy. By ambushed men behind their temple Dryden.

To enamel. [Obs.] Enlightened all with stars, And richly ameled. Chapman.

French Law) A species of infamous punishment in which the offender, being led into court with a rope about his neck, and a lighted torch in his hand, begged pardon of his God, the court, etc. In popular language, the phrase now denotes a public apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for improper l…

Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation. [Now const. with sing. verb.] "An honorable amends." Addison. Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. Shak.

etness and amenity of temper. Buckle. This climate has not seduced by its amenities. W. Howitt.

lct. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven. Milton. Shall by him be amerced with penance due. Spenser.