Part 387

<hw>Am*mo"nic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to ammonia.</def>

<h1>Ammonite</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am"mon*ite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. cornu <ets>Ammonis</ets> born of Ammon; L. <ets>Ammon</ets>, Gr. <?/ an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an. Egyptian god, <ets>Amun</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called <altname>serpent stone</altname>, <altname>snake stone</altname>, and <altname>cornu Ammonis</altname>.</def>

<h1>Ammonitiferous</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am`mon*i*tif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ammonite</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing fossil ammonites.</def>

<h1>Ammonitoidea</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am*mon`i*toid"e*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>Ammonite + -oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See <er>Ammonite</er>.</def>

<h1>Ammonium</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am*mo"ni*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ammonia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound radical, <chform>NH4</chform>, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.</def> <-- positive ion -->

<h1>Ammunition</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am`mu*ni"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>amunition</ets>, for <ets>munition</ets>, prob. caused by taking <ets>la munition</ets> as <ets>l'amunition</ets>. See <er>Munition</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Ammunition bread</col>, <col>shoes</col></mcol>, <cd>etc., such as are contracted for by government, and supplied to the soldiers. <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Ammunition</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am`mu*ni"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ammunitioned</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ammunitioning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To provide with ammunition.</def>

<h1>Amnesia</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am*ne"si*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ to remember.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ.</def>

<i>Quian.</i>

<h1>Amnesic</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am*ne"sic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to amnesia.</def> "<i>Amnesic</i> or co\'94rdinate defects."

<i>Quian.</i>

<h1>Amnestic</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am*nes"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Causing loss of memory.</def>

<h1>Amnesty</h1> <Xpage=49>

<hw>Am"nes*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amnestia</ets>, Gr. <?/, a forgetting, fr. <?/ forgotten, forgetful; <?/ priv. + <?/ to remember: cf. F. <ets>amnistie</ets>, earlier <ets>amnestie</ets>. See <er>Mean</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.</def>

<h1>Amnesty</h1> <Xpage=49>