Part 205

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.

2. At full speed; in great haste; also, at once. "They fled amain." Holinshed.

A*main", v. t. [F. amener. See Amenable.] (Naut.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.

A*main", v. i. (Naut.) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.

A*mal"gam (&?;), n. [F. amalgame, prob. fr. L. malagma, Gr. &?;, emollient, plaster, poultice, fr. &?; to make soft, fr. &?; soft.] 1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.

Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally.

2. A mixture or compound of different things.

3. (Min.) A native compound of mercury and silver.

A*mal"gam, v. t. &?; i. [Cf. F. amalgamer] To amalgamate. Boyle. B. Jonson.

||A*mal"ga*ma (&?;), n. Same as Amalgam.

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

A*mal"ga*mate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amalgamated; p. pr. & vb. n. Amalgamating.] 1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.

2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.

Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. Burke.

A*mal"ga*mate, v. i. 1. To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.

2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.

{ A*mal"ga*mate (&?;), A*mal"ga*ma`ted (&?;), } a. Coalesced; united; combined.

A*mal`ga*ma"tion (&?;), n. [Cf. F. amalgamation.] 1. The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury. Ure.

2. The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union. Macaulay.

A*mal"ga*ma*tive (&?;), a. Characterized by amalgamation.

A*mal"ga*ma`tor (&?;), n. One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.

A*mal"ga*mize (&?;), v. t. To amalgamate. [R.]

A*man"dine (&?;), n. [F. amande almond. See Almond.] 1. The vegetable casein of almonds.

2. A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.

A*man"i*tine (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; a sort of fungus.] The poisonous principle of some fungi.

A*man`u*en"sis (&?;), n.; pl. Amanuenses (&?;). [L., fr. a, ab + manus hand.] A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.

||A*mar"a*cus (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] A fragrant flower. Tennyson.