A'meilhon, Hubert

PASCAL, a learned French man, B. 1730; author of the History of the Commerce and Navi gation of the Egyptians under the Ptolemies. D. 1811. Am'el, n. See ENAMEL. Amelanchier, n. ( Bot.) A gen. of plants, ord. Poma cece. The A. can a dens is is a small tree or shrub rarely exceeding 35 feet in height, found in woods in the United States. Its flowers, large, white, in terminal racemes, appearing in April and May, render the tree IMG:content-0155.png:[graphic] Fig . 101. AMELANCHIER CAN A DENS IS. 1 and 2. Flower and fruit-natural size. quite conspicuous in the yet naked forest. The fruit, ripe in June, is not to be despised, either when eaten in a raw state, or cooked in tarts, pies, and puddings. Am'el-corn. n. A species of corn used for making starch. Am'eles. ( Myth. ) A river of hell, whose waters no ve el could contain. Amelia, the wife of the duke of Saxe-Weimar, who, at an early age, lost her husband, but managed to preserve her little State intact during some of the most troublous times of the Continental wars. She resided in the city of Weimar, and invited the most distinguished men of letters to her capital. Wiel and, Herder, Schiller, and Gæthe settled here, and enjoyed her patronage as well as her society. D. 1807. Amelia, a town of Italy, prov. of Perugia, 23 m. S.W. of Spoleto. It is the anc. Ameria , one of the most considerable and ancient cities of Umbria. Pop . 7,024. Amelia, an island on the N E. coast of Florida , from which it is separated by a narrow channel; 40 m. N. of St. Augustine, between St. Mary's and Na au rivers. Lat. 300 28′ N. It is 20 m. in length, by 2 m. in breadth, and is fertile. Chief town, Fern and in a. Amelia, in Ohio, a post-village of Clermont co, in Ba tavia township, 25 m. E. by S. from Cincinnati. Amelia, in Virginia , a S.E. county, organized in 1734; area, 300 sq. m. It is drained by Namazine, Flat, and Deep creeks, and by the Appomattox river, which encircles it. The surface is somewhat diversified. Cap . Amelia Court-House. Amelia Court-House, in Virginia , a post-village, cap. of Amelia co., 47 m S.W. of Richmond. Ameliorable, a. That which may be ameliorated. Ameliorate, v . a . [Fr. améliorer , from Lat. ad , and mel i or are, to make better.] To improve; to raise; to make better; to meliorate. - In present usage, ameliorate seems to be confined to such material improvement of men's condition as is closely dependent on a corresponding moral or mental state. Thus, we do not speak of ameliorating an individual by knowledge, but of ameliorating the condition of the people by education. -v.n. To grow better; to meliorate. Ameliora'tion, n. [Fr. amélioration.] The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; a making or becoming better; improvement; melioration; an amelioration of land.