Part 385

<hw>Am"ine</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Am</ets>monia + <ets>-ine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radical.</def>

<h1>Amioid</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>Am"i*oid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the Amioidei.</def> -- <wordforms><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Amioidei.</def></wordforms>

<h1>Amioidei</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>Am`i*oi"de*i</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>Amia + -oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of ganoid fishes of which Amis is type. See <er>Bowfin</er> and <er>Ganoidei</er>.</def>

<h1>Amir</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>A*mir"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Ameer</er>.</def>

<h1>Amiss</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>A*miss"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>miss</ets>.]</ety> <def>Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.</def>

<blockquote>What error drives our eyes and ears <b>amiss</b>? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask <b>amiss</b>. <i>James iv. 3.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>To take</col> (an act, thing) <col>amiss</col></mcol>, <cd>to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; <as>as, you must not <ex>take<ex> these questions <ex>amiss<ex></as>.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Amiss</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*miss"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; <as>as, it may not be <ex>amiss</ex> to ask advice</as>. <note>[Used only in the predicate.]</note></def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is <b>amiss</b> in himself or his circumstances. <i>Wollaston.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amiss</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*miss"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fault, wrong, or mistake.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Each toy seems prologue to some great <b>amiss</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amissibility</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*mis`si*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>amissibilit\'82</ets>. See <er>Amit</er>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Notions of popular rights and the <b>amissibility</b> of sovereign power for misconduct were alternately broached by the two great religious parties of Europe. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amissible</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*mis"si*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amissibilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>amissible</ets>.]</ety> <def>Liable to be lost.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Amission</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*mis"sion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amissio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>amission</ets>.]</ety> <def>Deprivation; loss.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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