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<hw>Am"bush</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.</def>

<blockquote>Nor saw the snake that <b>ambushed</b> for his prey. <i>Trumbull.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ambusher</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"bush*er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One lying in ambush.</def>

<h1>Ambushment</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"bush*ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>embuschement</ets>. See <er>Ambush</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>An ambush.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>2 Chron. xiii. 13.</i>

<h1>Ambustion</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am*bus"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ambustio</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A burn or scald.</def>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Amebean</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am`e*be"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Am<?/bean</er>.</def>

<mhw><h1>Ameer, Amir</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>A*meer"</hw>, <hw>A*mir"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Emir</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Emir.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.</def>

<h1>Amel</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"el</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>amell</ets>, OF. <ets>esmail</ets>, F. <ets>\'82mail</ets>, of German origin; cf. OHG. <ets>smelzi</ets>, G. <ets>schmelz</ets>. See <er>Smelt</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Enamel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Amel</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"el</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>amellen</ets>, OF. <ets>esmailler</ets>, F. <ets>\'82mailler</ets>, OF. <ets>esmail</ets>, F. <ets>\'82mail</ets>.]</ety> <def>To enamel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Enlightened all with stars, And richly <b>ameled</b>. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amelcorn</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>Am"el*corn`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ger. <ets>amelkorn</ets>: cf. MHG. <ets>amel</ets>, <ets>amer</ets>, spelt, and L. <ets>amylum</ets> starch, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also <altname>French rice</altname>.</def>

<h1>Ameliorable</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>A*mel"io*ra*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being ameliorated.</def>

<h1>Ameliorate</h1> <Xpage=47>

<hw>A*mel"io*rate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ameliorated</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ameliorating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>ad + meliorare</ets> to make better: cf. F. <ets>am\'82liorer</ets>. See <er>Meliorate</er>.]</ety> <def>To make better; to improve; to meliorate.</def>

<blockquote>In every human being there is a wish to <b>ameliorate</b> his own condition. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>