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ceedingly. They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. Milton. That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain. T. Parker.

Same as Amalgam. They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics. Burke.

as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another. Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. Burke.

another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury. Ure.

A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.

ca. 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.

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.

." "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.

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

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

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

ract; 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.