Dictionary: AM'PU-TATE – AM'Y-LIN

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AM'PU-TATE, v.t. [L. amputo, of amb, about, and puto, to prune.]

  1. To prune branches of trees or vines; to cut off.
  2. To cut off a limb or other part of an animal body; a term of surgery.

AM'PU-TA-TED, pp.

Cut off; separated from the body.

AM'PU-TA-TING, ppr.

Cutting off a limb or part of the body.

AM-PU-TA'TION, n. [L. amputatio.]

The act or operation of cutting off a limb or some part of the body.

AM'U-LET, n. [L. amuletum; Fr. amulette; Sp, amuleto; from L. amolior, amolitus, to remove.]

Something worn as a remedy or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft. Amulets, in days of ignorance, were common. They consisted of certain stones, metals, or plants; sometimes of words, characters, or sentences, arranged in a particular order. They were appended to the neck or body. Among some nations they are still in use. – Encyc.

AM-U-LET'IC, a.

Pertaining to an amulet.

A-MUSE', v.t. [s as z. Fr. amuser, to stop or keep at bay, to detain; from muser, to loiter or trifle; It. musare, to gaze or stand idle; Ger. müssig, idle. Qu. Gr. μυζω; L. musso.]

  1. To entertain the mind agreeably; to occupy or detain attention with agreeable objects, whether by singing, conversation, or a show of curiosities. Dr. Johnson remarks, that amuse implies something less lively than divert, and less important than please. Hence it is often said, we are amused with trifles.
  2. To detain; to engage the attention by hope or expectation; as, to amuse one by flattering promises.

A-MUS'ED, pp. [s as z.]

Agreeably entertained; having the mind engaged by something pleasing.

A-MUSE'MENT, n. [s as z.]

That which amuses, detains, or engages the mind; entertainment of the mind; pastime; a pleasurable occupation of the senses, or that which furnishes it, as dancing, sports, or music.

A-MUS'ER, n. [s as z.]

One who amuses, or affords an agreeable entertainment to the mind.

A-MUS'ING, ppr. [or adj. s as z.]

Entertaining; giving moderate pleasure to the mind, so as to engage it; pleasing.

A-MUS'ING-LY, adv. [s as z.]

In an amusing manner.

A-MU'SIVE, a.

That has the power to amuse or entertain the mind.

A-MU'SIVE-LY, adv.

In a manner to give amusement.

A-MYG'DA-LATE, a. [L. amiygdalus, an almond.]

Made of almonds.

A-MYG'DA-LATE, n.

  1. An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds. – Bailey. Coxe.
  2. A salt whose acid is the amygdalic.

A-MYG-DAL'IC-AC'ID, n. [A-MYG-DAL'IC AC'ID.]

An acid obtained from the bitter almond.

A-MYG'DA-LINE, a.

Pertaining to or resembling the almond.

A-MYG'DA-LINE, n.

A crystaline substance obtained from the kernel of the bitter almond.

A-MYG'DA-LITE, n.

A plant; a species of spurge, with leaves resembling those of the almond. – Ash.

A-MYG'DA-LOID, n. [Gr. αμυγδαλεα, an almond, and ειδος, form; G. mandel-stein, almond-stone.]

Toad-stone; a compound rock, consisting of a basis of basalt, greenstone, or some other variety of trap, imbedding nodules of various minerals, particularly calcarious spar, quartz, agate, zeolite, chlorite, &c. When the imbedded minerals are detached, it is porous, like lava. Cleaveland.

A-MYG'DA-LOID-AL, a.

Pertaining to amygdaloid.

AM-Y-LA'CEOUS, n. [L. amylum, starch, of α privative and μυλη, a mill, being formerly made without grinding. – Plin., 18. 7.]

Pertaining to starch, or the farinaceous part of grain; resembling starch.

A-MYL'IC-AC'ID, n. [A-MYL'IC AC'ID.]

A volatile acid obtained from starch. – Turner.

AM'Y-LIN, n. [L. amylum; Gr. αμυλον; αμυλος, underground, α and μυλη, mill.]

The insoluble portion of starch which constitutes the outer covering of the sphericles. – Thomson.