Part 405

<hw>A*mus"ing</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Giving amusement; diverting; <as>as, an <ex>amusing</ex> story</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>A*mus"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Amusive</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>A*mu"sive</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>A*mu"sive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>A*mu"sive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Amy</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>A*my"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>ami</ets>, fr. L. <ets>amicus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A friend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Amyelous</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>A*my"e*lous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ without marrow.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Wanting the spinal cord.</def>

<h1>Amygdalaceous</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>A*myg`da*la"ceous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Akin to, or derived from, the almond.</def>

<h1>Amygdalate</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>A*myg"da*late</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amygdala</ets>, <ets>amygdalum</ets>, almond, Gr. <?/, <?/. See <er>Almond</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.</def>

<h1>Amygdalate</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>A*myg"da*late</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.</def>

<i>Bailey. Coxe.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt amygdalic acid.</def>

<h1>Amygdalic</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am`yg*dal"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; <as>as, <ex>amygdalic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Amygdaliferous</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>A*myg`da*lif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amygdalum</ets> almond + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Almond-bearing.</def>

<h1>Amygdalin</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>A*myg"da*lin</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.</def>

<h1>Amygdaline</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>A*myg"da*line</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amygdalinus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.</def>

<h1>Amygdaloid</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>A*myg"da*loid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ almond + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>amygdalo\'8bde</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.</def>

<h1>Amygdaloid, Amygdaloidal</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw><hw>A*myg"da*loid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*myg`da*loid"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Almond-shaped.</def>