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ica. They seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphs other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.

The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

d place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait. [Obs.] The ambush arose quickly out of their place. Josh. viii. 19. To lay an ambush, to post a force in ambush.

s." "Amidst the splendor and festivity of a court." Macaulay. But rather famish them amid their plenty. Shak.

. Divide that gold amongst you. Marlowe. Whether they quarreled among themselves, or with their neighbors. Addison.

Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith.

st to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.

pacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.

liative judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attribute. Abp. W. Thomson.

tract; to bewilder. [Obs.] Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold. Holland. Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house. Fuller.

Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their doctrines. Milton. Bp. Bull.

A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes.

Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.

A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.

The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.

tics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.

disorder, in general. There being then . . . an anarchy, as I may term it, in authors and their reFuller.

Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifæ, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.

application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e., the French] great figure painters. The London Spectator.

ecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.