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The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.

To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.

A horse or a person that ambles.

With an ambling gait.

Tending to cause abortion.

An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle. [Obs.]

Obtuse-angled. [Obs.] Hutton.

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

Of or pertaining to amblyopy. Quain.

A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches. Gwilt.

Same as Ambo.

A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in the tropics.

The resiniferous tree Agathis Dammara, of the Moluccas.

tled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.

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

Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.

A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.

A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.