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merly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect act measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.

A prefix meaning about, around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.

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…

Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.

To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.

penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.] Blackstone.

Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid. Amic acid (Chem.), one of a class of nitrogenized acids somewhat resembling amides.

ist to impress the name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. Southey.

A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.

A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.

A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.

A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.

To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. Shak.

Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint. Dunglison.

A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.

A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.

meet. Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron. -- Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. -- Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces…

ngular distance. See Aperture, Distance. -- Angular motion, the motion of a body about a fixed point or fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the angle passed over at the point or axis by a line drawn to the body. -- Angular point, the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex. -- Angul…

To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.