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The earlier form of a minish. amerce (a-mèrs'), v. t.; pret. and pp. amerced, ppr. amercing. [ But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine, That you shall all repent the lo of mine. Shak ., R. and J., iii. 1. 2. To punish by inflicting a penalty of any kind, as by depriving of some right or privilege, or entailing some lo upon. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of heaven. Milton , P. L., i. 609. Shall be by him amearst with penance dew. Spenser , Sonnets, lxx. IMG:content-0617.png:[blocks in formation] American citizen. - American alcornoque, leather, organ, etc. See the nouns. - American aloe. See Agave . -American bowls. Same as ninepins . - American In- dians. See Indian . - American party, in U. S. hist ., a political party which came into prominence in 1853. Its fundamental principle was that the government of the amest, n. Same as amice . vided into parts; unsegmented: distinguished both from eumeristic and dysmeristic : as, “ am- eristic flukes," E. R. Lankester, Encyc. Brit., XII. 555. country should be in the hands of native citizens. At first ames-acet, n. See ambes -ace. it was organized as a secret, oath-bound fraternity; and from their profe ions of ignorance in regard to it, its ame t, n. Same as amice . members received the name of Know-nothings. Ignor- Ametabola (am-e-tab'ō-lä), n . pl . [NL., ing the slavery question, it gained control of the govern ments of several Northern and Southern States in 1854 and 1855, and nominated a presidential ticket in 1856; but it disappeared about 1859, its Northern adherents becoming Republicans, while most of its Southern members joined the short-lived Constitutional Union party. An anti masonic party of the same name appeared in 1875, but gained very few votes. See Native American party, below. It appeared in this, as in most other Free States, that the decline or di olution of the American , or Fill more, e, party inured mainly to the benefit of the triumphant Democracy. H. Greeley, Amer. Conflict, I. 300. American plan, the method of hotel management common in the United States, which is based upon the payment by guests of a fixed sum per diem covering all ordinary charges for room, food, and attendance. See Euro pean plan, under European, American system, a name originally used for the principle of protection by means of high tariff duties in the United States, as intended to countervail the unfavorable commercial regulations of European countries, or to promote American as against European interests. - Native American party, in U. S. hist., an organization based on hostility to the participation of foreign immigrants in American politics, and to the Roman Catholic Church, formed about 1842. In 1844 it carried the city elections of New York and Philadelphia, and elected a number of Congre men. It gained no further succe es, and disappeared within a few years, after occasioning destructive riots against Roman Catholics in Philadelphia and other places. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of the western hemisphere, or, specifically, of North America: originally applied to the aboriginal races discovered by the Europe ans, but now to the descendants of Europe ans born in America, and, in the most restricted or popular sense, to the citizens of the United States.