Part 365

<h1>Amazon</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"a*zon</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus <spn>Chrysotis</spn></def>

<cs><col>Amazon ant</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of ant <spn>(Polyergus rufescens)</spn>, of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larv\'91 and nymphs other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.</cd></cs>

<h1>Amazonian</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`a*zo"ni*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.</def>

<h1>Amazonite, Amazon stone</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw><hw>Am"a*zon*ite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Am"a*zon stone`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named from the river <ets>Amazon</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.</def>

<mhw><h1>Amb-, Ambi-</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Amb-</hw>, <hw>Am*bi-</hw></mhw>. <ety>[L. prefix <ets>ambi-</ets>, <ets>amb-</ets>, akin to Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>abhi</ets>, AS. <ets>embe</ets>, <ets>emb</ets>, OHG. <ets>umbi</ets>, <ets>umpi</ets>, G. <ets>um</ets>, and also L. <ets>ambo</ets> both. Cf. <er>Amphi-</er>, <er>Both</er>, <er>By</er>.]</ety> <def>A prefix meaning <i>about</i>, <i>around</i>; -- used in words derived from the Latin.</def>

<h1>Ambages</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am*ba"ges</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L. (usually in pl.); pref. <ets>ambi-</ets>, <ets>amb-</ets> + <ets>agere</ets> to drive: cf. F. <ets>ambage</ets>.]</ety> <def>A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.</def>

<blockquote>After many <b>ambages</b>, perspicuously define what this melancholy is. <i>Burton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ambaginous</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am*bag"i*nous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ambagious.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Ambagious</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am*ba"gious</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ambagiosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Circumlocutory; circuitous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Ambagitory</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am*bag"i*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ambagious.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<mhw><h1>Ambassade, Embassade</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"bas*sade</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Em"bas*sade</hw> <tt>(#)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <tt>ambassade.</tt> See <er>Embassy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The mission of an ambassador.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Carew.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An embassy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Strype.</i>

<mhw><h1>Ambassador, Embassador</h1> <Xpage=46>