AMISH
Am"ish, n. pl. [Written also Omish.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: The Amish Mennonites.
AMISH
Am"ish, a. [Written also Omish.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as "worldly conformity". There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States.
AMISS
A*miss", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + miss.]
Defn: Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. What error drives our eyes and ears amiss Shak. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss.
AMISS
A*miss", a.
Defn: Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
Note: [Used only in the predicate.] Dryden. His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in himself or his circumstances. Wollaston.
AMISS
A*miss", n.