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Same as Aam.

To figure or variegate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Same as Ambry.

A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.

A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.

See Appaum.

A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.

Designating or conforming to either of the scales used by the French chemist Antoine Baumé in the graduation of his hydrometers; of or relating to Baumé's scales or hydrometers. There are two Baumé hydrometers. One, which is used with liquids heavier than water, sinks to 0º in pure water, and to 15º in a 15 per cent sa…

A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil.

Great heat, as of the body in fever.

An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.

To grope with the hands, as in the dark. [Scot.] To glaum at, to grasp or snatch at; to aspire to. Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three. Burns.

See Haulm, stalk. Smart.

Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.

nd lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles. [Written also laumonite.]

See Mawmet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite.

A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight.

To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards. [Obs.] Swift.

Realm. [Obs.] Chaucer.