Ambry

[O. Fr. ambrey.] A place in which are deposited all utensils nece ary for housekeeping. - In the ancient abbeys and priories there existed an office under this denomination, wherein were laid up all charities for the poor. Ambrys's us. ( Anc . Geog .) A city of Phocis, destroyed by the Amphictyons, rebuilt and fortified by the The bans before the battle of Chærone a, and taken by Quintus Flam in i us in the Maced on i an war. Its ruins may be seen near the village of Dystomo. Ambuscado, n . Same as AMBUSCADE. (0.) Am'bush, n. (Fr. from en , in, and bois , a wood.] Any mode of concealment adopted for purposes of stratagem; applied both in the literal and metaphorical sense. Am'bushed, p . a . Placed in ambush. Ameer', n. See EMIR.