Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AM'PHI-TANE
AM-PHIS'CI-I, or AM-PHIS'CIANSAM-PHI-THE'A-TER
AM'PHI-TANE, n.
A name given by ancient naturalists to a fossil, called by Dr. Hill Pyricubium. Pliny describes it as of a square figure and a gold color. Qu. Cubic pyrites. – Pliny, 37. 10. Encyc.
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