AMAZONITE; AMAZON STONE
Am"a*zon*ite, Am"a*zon stone`, n. Etym: [Named from the river
Amazon.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.
AMB-; AMBI-
Amb-, Am*bi-. Etym: [L. prefix ambi-, amb-, akin to Gr. abhi, AS.
embe, emb, OHG. umbi, umpi, G. um, and also L. ambo both. Cf. Amphi-,
Both, By.]
Defn: A prefix meaning about, around; — used in words derived from the Latin.
AMBAGES Am*ba"ges, n. pl. Etym: [L. (usually in pl.); pref. ambi-, amb- + agere to drive: cf. F. ambage.]
Defn: A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding;
quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is.
Burton.
AMBAGINOUS
Am*bag"i*nous, a.
Defn: Ambagious. [R.]
AMBAGIOUS
Am*ba"gious, a. Etym: [L. ambagiosus.]
Defn: Circumlocutory; circuitous. [R.]