Part 374

<i>Gayton.</i>

<h1>Ambulate</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"bu*late</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ambulare</ets> to walk. See <er>Amble</er>.]</ety> <def>To walk; to move about.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Ambulation</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am`bu*la"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ambulatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of walking.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Ambulative</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"bu*la*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Walking.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Ambulator</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"bu*la`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who walks about; a walker.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A beetle of the genus <spn>Lamia</spn>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A genus of birds, or one of this genus.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also <altname>perambulator</altname>.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Ambulatorial</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am`bu*la*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ambulatory; fitted for walking.</def>

<i>Verrill.</i>

<h1>Ambulatory</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"bu*la*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ambulatorius</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; <as>as, an <ex>ambulatory</ex> animal</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; <as>as, an <ex>ambulatory</ex> court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The priesthood . . . before was very <b>ambulatory</b>, and dispersed into all families. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Pertaining to a walk.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The princess of whom his majesty had an <b>ambulatory</b> view in his travels. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; <as>as, the dispositions of a will are <ex>ambulatory</ex> until the death of the testator</as>.</def>

<h1>Ambulatory</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"bu*la*to*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ambulatories</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>ambulatorium</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.</def>

<h1>Amburry</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"bur*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Anbury</er>.</def>