Definition for AM'PHI-CO-ME

AM'PHI-CO-ME, n. [Gr. αμφι and κομη, hair.]

A kind of figured stone, of a round shape, but rugged and beset with eminences; called Erotylos, on account of its supposed power of exciting love. Anciently, it was used in divination; but it is little known to the moderns. – Encyc.

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