Part 386

<h1>Amit</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>A*mit"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amittere</ets>, <ets>amissum</ets>, to lose; <ets>a</ets> (<ets>ab</ets>) + <ets>mittere</ets> to send. See <er>Missile</er>.]</ety> <def>To lose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A lodestone fired doth presently <b>amit</b> its proper virtue. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amity</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Amities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>amiti\'82</ets>, OF. <ets>amisti\'82</ets>, <ets>amist\'82</ets>, fr. an assumed LL. <ets>amisitas</ets>, fr. L. <ets>amicus</ets> friendly, from <ets>amare</ets> to love. See <er>Amiable</er>.]</ety> <def>Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; <as>as, a treaty of <ex>amity</ex> and commerce; the <ex>amity</ex> of the Whigs and Tories.</as></def>

<blockquote>To live on terms of <b>amity</b> with vice. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Harmony; friendliness; friendship; affection; good will; peace.</syn>

<h1>Amma</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am"ma</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>amma</ets>, prob. of interjectional or imitative origin: cf. Sp. <ets>ama</ets>, G. <ets>amme</ets>, nurse, Basque <ets>ama</ets> mother, Heb. <ets><?/m</ets>, Ar. <ets>immun</ets>, <ets>ummun</ets>.]</ety> <def>An abbes or spiritual mother.</def>

<h1>Ammeter</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am"me*ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A contraction of <i>amperometer</i> or <i>amp\'8aremeter</i>.</def>

<h1>Ammiral</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am"mi*ral</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An obsolete form of <i>admiral</i>.</def> "The mast of some great <i>ammiral</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Ammite</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am"mite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, sandstone, fr. <?/ or <?/ sand.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>O\'94lite or roestone; -- written also <i>hammite</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ammodyte</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am"mo*dyte</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ammodytes</ets>, Gr. <?/ sand burrower, a kind of serpent; <?/ sand + <?/ diver, <?/ to dive.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of a genus of fishes; the sand eel.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A kind of viper in southern Europe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ammonia</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am*mo"ni*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From sal <ets>ammoniac</ets>, which was first obtaining near the temple of Jupiter <ets>Ammon</ets>, by burning camel's dung. See <er>Ammoniac</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, <chform>NH3</chform>, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called <altname>volatile alkali</altname>, and <altname>spirits of hartshorn</altname>.</def>

<h1>Ammoniac, Ammoniacal</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw><hw>Am*mo"ni*ac</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Am`mo*ni"a*cal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; <as>as, an <ex>ammoniac</ex> salt; <ex>ammoniacal</ex> gas.</as></def>

<cs><col>Ammoniacal engine</col>, <cd>an engine in which the vapor of ammonia is used as the motive force.</cd> -- <col>Sal ammoniac</col> <ety>[L. <ets>sal ammoniacus<ets>]</ety>, <cd>the salt usually called <altname>chloride of ammonium</altname>, and formerly <altname>muriate of ammonia</altname>.</cd></cs>

<mhw><h1>Ammoniac Gum ammoniac</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am*mo"ni*ac</hw> <tt>(#)</tt> ( <hw>Gum` am*mo"ni*ac</hw> </mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Ammoniacum</ets>, Gr. <?/ a resinous gum, said to distill from a tree near the temple of Jupiter <ets>Ammon</ets>; cf. F. <ets>ammoniac</ets>. See <er>Ammonite</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the <spn>Dorema ammoniacum</spn>. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.</def>

<h1>Ammoniated</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am*mo"ni*a`ted</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Combined or impregnated with ammonia.</def>

<h1>Ammonic</h1> <Xpage=49>