Part 360

<h1>Amalgamate</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>A*mal"ga*mate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Amalgamated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Amalgamating</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; <as>as, to <ex>amalgamate</ex> two races; to <ex>amalgamate</ex> one race with another.</as></def>

<blockquote>Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and <b>amalgamated</b> into one. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amalgamate</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>A*mal"ga*mate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; <as>as, two organs or parts <ex>amalgamate</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Amalgamate, Amalgamated</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw><hw>A*mal"ga*mate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*mal"ga*ma`ted</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Coalesced; united; combined.</def>

<h1>Amalgamation</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>A*mal`ga*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>amalgamation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Amalgamative</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>A*mal"ga*ma*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characterized by amalgamation.</def>

<h1>Amalgamator</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>A*mal"ga*ma`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Amalgamize</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>A*mal"ga*mize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To amalgamate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Amandine</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>A*man"dine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>amande</ets> almond. See <er>Almond</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The vegetable casein of almonds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.</def>

<h1>Amanitine</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>A*man"i*tine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a sort of fungus.]</ety> <def>The poisonous principle of some fungi.</def>

<h1>Amanuensis</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>A*man`u*en"sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Amanuenses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. <ets>a</ets>, <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>manus</ets> hand.]</ety> <def>A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.</def>

<h1>Amaracus</h1> <Xpage=45>