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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>Capable of two meanings.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>amphibolous</b> sentence is one that is capable of two meanings, not from the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting of a double construction; <b>e</b>. <b>g</b>., "The duke yet lives that Henry shall depose." <i>Whately.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amphiboly</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phib"o*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Amphibolies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>amphibolia</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. OE. <ets>amphibolie</ets>. See <er>Amphibolous</er>.]</ety> <def>Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.</def>

<blockquote>If it oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will create an <b>amphiboly</b>, a double meaning where there is none. <i>Whitlock.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amphibranch</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am"phi*branch</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <?/, Gr. <?/ short at both ends; <?/ + <?/ short.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Pros.)</fld> <def>A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (<?/ -- <?/); <as>as, <ex>h<?/b\'c7r<?/</ex></as>. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; <as>as, <ex>pro</ex>-<ex>phet</ex>\'b6<ex>ic</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Amphicarpic, Amphicarpous</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw><hw>Am`phi*car"pic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Am`phi*car"pous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.</def>

<h1>Amphichroic</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*chro"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ color.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.</def>

<h1>Amphic</lian, Amphic</lous</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw><hw>Am`phi*c<?/"li*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Am`phi*c<?/"lous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ hollowed all round; <?/ + <?/ hollow.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebr\'91.</def>

<h1>Amphicome</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am"phi*come</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ with hair all round; <?/ + <?/ hair.]</ety> <def>A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Encyc. Brit.</i>

<h1>Amphictyonic</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phic`ty*on"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; <as>as, an <ex>Amphictyonic</ex> town or state; the <ex>Amphictyonic</ex> body.</as></def>

<i>W. Smith.</i>

<h1>Amphictyons</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phic"ty*ons</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Amphictyones</ets>, Gr. <?/. Prob. the word was orig. <?/ dwellers around, neighbors.]</ety> <fld>(Grecian Hist.)</fld> <def>Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.</def>

<h1>Amphictyony</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phic"ty*o*ny</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Amphictyonies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Grecian Hist.)</fld> <def>A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.</def>

<h1>Amphid</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am"phid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ both: cf. F. <ets>amphide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a <i>haloid</i> compound.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Berzelius.</i>

<h1>Amphidisc</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am"phi*disc</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ a round plate.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.</def>