amesyng

[AMEISE.] Moderation. "That in his mild amesyng he mercy may fynde." Alliterative Poems ; Patience (ed. Morris), 400. *ăm'-ět, s . [ANT.] am-et-ab-ol-a ( Lat .), ăm-et-a-bol-ians, s . pl . [From Gr. ἀμετάβολος ( a meta bolos ); a, priv., and μεταβόλος ( meta bolos ) = changeable.] [METABOLA.] Zool. A sub-cla of insects, consisting of those which do not undergo metamorphosis. It includes three orders: the Anoplura, or Lice; the Mallophaga, or Bird-lice; and the Thysanura, or Spring-tails. All are wingle insects.