Amazon1 (amazon)

[ME. Am a zones, Amyso nes, pl.; Amazon. Shak ., Rich. II., i. 3. of unknown meaning; achaps a haps a copy of the type of Till the great plover's human whistle amazed Her heart, and glancing round the waste she fear'd In every wavering brake an ambuscade. Tennyson, Geraint. cording to Greek writers, originating, the statement that the right breast was removed in order that it might not interfere with the use of the bow and javelin.] 1. In Gr. legend, one of a race of women who dwelt on the coast of the Black Sea and in the Caucasus mountains. They formed a state from which men were excluded, devoted themselves to war and hunting, and were often in conflict with the Greeks in the heroic age. The Amazons and their contests were a favorite theme in Grecian art and story. 2. [ cap. or l. c.] A warlike or masculine woman; hence, a quarrelsome woman; a virago. Him [Abbé Lefèvre], for want of a better, they suspend there: in the pale morning light: over the top of all Paris, which swims in one's failing eyes: - a horrible end! Nay, the rope broke, as French ropes often did; or else an amazon cut it. Carlyle, French Rev., I. vii. 5. amazon2 (am'a-zon), n. [