English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Ambassadorship
(n.)
The state, office, or functions of an ambassador.
Ambassadress
(n.)
A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador.
Ambassage
(n.)
Same as Embassage.
Ambassy
(n.)
See Embassy, the usual spelling.
Amber
(v. t.)
To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
Amber
(n.)
A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a
fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in
many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces,
beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes
strongly electric.
Amber
(n.)
Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light
yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
Amber
(n.)
Ambergris.
Amber
(n.)
The balsam, liquidambar.
Amber
(a.)
Consisting of amber; made of amber.
Amber
(a.)
Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
Amber
(v. t.)
To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola
Carolinensis.)
A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia,
which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The
amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World
War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being
recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans.
Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling
millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor
like that of musk; musk seed.
A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves,
which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.
Ambered
(p. p. & p. a.)
of Amber
Ambergrease
(n.)
See Ambergris.
Ambergris
(n.)
A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in
the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid
secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter
macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin.
In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated
like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two
hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a
white vapor at 212¡ Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.
Ambes-as
(n.)
Ambs-ace.