ammiral

Old spelling of ADMIRAL. *ăm-mīte, * hăm'-mīte, s. [Gr. ἅμμος (ammos) or ἅμμος (hammos) = sand.] An obsolete name for the rock now called, from its resemblance to the roe of a fish, Oolite = roestone. [OOLITE.] ăm-mă, in compos. [Gr. ἄμμος (ammos), ἅμμος ( hammos ) = sand.] 1. Sand. 2. Chem. A contraction for ammonium; as ammo-chloriridammonium.