Ambling

The motion of a horse that ambles. -p a. Moving with an amble. Am'blingly, adv . With an ambling movement. Amblygon, n. [Gr. amblys , obtuse, and gonia , angle.] (Geom.) An obtuse-angled triangle. Amblygonal, a . Having an obtuse angle. Amblyg'otine, n. ( Min . ) A triclinic mineral, having a pearly lustre, and generally a pale mountain or sea green color. It contains alumina, lithia, and fluorine. It is found in Maine , at Hebron. Amblyrhynchus, n. (Zool.) A gen. of lizards re sembling the iguanas, found in the Galapagos islands They are very ugly animals, but harmle . Amboise, BUSSI D'. See Bu t. Am'boise, GEORGE D', a French cardinal, and minister of state, B. 1460. He became succe ively bishop of Montauban, archbishop of Narbonne, and of Rouen. Louis XII. made him prime-minister. He was one of the wisest statesmen France ever had. He reformed the church, remitted the people's burdens, and conscientiously labored to promote the public happine . D. 1510. Am'boise, AYMERIE D', a famous French admiral, and brother of George d'Amboise, q. v. He became, in 1503. Grand-Master of the Knights of St. John in Rhodes, and gained a splendid victory over the Sultan of Egypt, in 1010. D. 1512. Am'boise, a town of France, dep. of Indre-et-Loire, on the left bank of the Loire, 15 m. S.E. of Tours. It stands on the foot of a hill on whose summit there is an ancient fortre celebrated in French history. This castle, which is of vast extent, was commenced under Hugues Capet, and finished under Charles VII. It was a favorite residence of Louis XI., and in it Charles VIII. was born in 1470, and D. 1498. It is famous as the birthplace of the conspiracy, called the Conjuration d ' Amboise , against the Guises, concocted in 1560. It was here too, as some say, that the Calvinists, in 1568, were first called Huguenots, a term which, though applied to them contemptuously, signifies only confederates. It suffered very much during the religious wars. The views from the towers and battlements are superb. Pop . of the town, 4,570. Am'boor, a town of Hindostan, in the Carnatic, district S. Arcot, 108 m. W.S.W. of Madras. Lat. 12° 50 N.; Lon. 78° 40 Ε. Am'boy, in Illinois , a flourishing city of Lee co., on Green river, 95 m. W. by S. of Chicago. Pop . 2,257. Am'boy, in Iowa , a village of Washington co., 32 m. W.S.W. of Muscatine. Am'boy, in Michigan, a township of Hills dale co.; рор. (1890), 1,232. -a post-village in the above township, on Silver creek, abt. 35 m W.S.W. of Adrian. Amboy, in New York, a post-township of Oswego co., abt. 17 m. S.E. of Pulaski. Amboy, in Ohio, a post-village of Ash tabula co., abt. 30 m. W.S.W. of Erie city. -a township of Fulton co. ma es, having a peculiar odor. It reddens litmus. Ambs-ace', n. [Lat. ambo, both, and ace, q. v.] A double Solid at 2120°, it forms salts with bases. It is used as a perfume in the form of tincture. Composition uncertain. Am'breine, n. [Fr.] (Chem.) Colorle needles, a white, brilliant, insipid solid, with an agreeable smell; obtained by digesting ambergris with hot alcohol. It distils without alteration. Comp . C. 83-37, H. 13-32, 0.3.31. Am'brim, one of the islands of the New He brides, Pacific ocean: Lat. 60° 9′ 30′′ S.; Lon. 167° 5' E. It is about 50 m. in circumference. Ambriz', a small African kingdom, S. of Guinea, with a port on the Atlantic, at the mouth of the Ambriz river, 70 m. N. of Loando. It has an extensive trade in gums, ivory, . Cup . Quebranza. Ambriz', a town of S. Africa, prov. of Angola, belonging to the Portuguese. A Catholic church has lately been built at this place. Ambrizette', a small kingdom of Africa, in South Guinea, between the rivers Congo and Ambrizette, with a town on the Atlantic, about 30 m. N. of Ambriz. Ambro'cia. ( Anc . Geng .) A city of Epirus, near the Acheron, the residence of king Pyrrhus. August us, after the battle of Actium, called it Nicopolis. Ambroix', St., a town of France, in the dep. of Gard, 11 m. N.N.E. of Alais. Pop. 4,060. Ambro'nes, a warlike nation of Gaul, who lived near the Alps, between Switzerland and Provence. They accompanied the Cimbri and Teutones in their invasion of the Roman territories, and were routed with great slaughter by Marius, 101 в. с. Their women, after a futile attack upon the Roman soldiers, who were following in pursuit of the flying foe, offered to yield on the cendition that their chastity should be preserved. This proposition being rejected, they first slew all their children, and then themselves. Ambrose, St., the son of a prætori an prefect of Gallia Narbonensis, who became governor of Liguria and ace, two aces turned up at the same time by two dica Ambuba'jæ, or AM BUBALE, di olute omen of Syria, resembling the modern almè, who were in the habit of attending the festivals and public a emblies of Rome, as minstrels. Their name is derived either from the Syriac word abub , a flute, or from am , round, and Baiæ , the place which they generally frequented. Ambula'cra, n . pl . [Lat, ambulacrum , an alley.] ( Zool .) Prominences or perforations in the shell of the Echinus , or sea-urchin, from which extend the tentacles or spines used for prehension or locomotion. Ambulacral, a. Belonging to ambulacra. Ambulance, n . [Fr.] ( Mil .) A flying hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded with all haste.-A two or four-wheeled vehicle for conveying the wounded from the field; also, a similar vehicle used in cities, usually in hospital service or by police surgeons. Am'bulant, a. [Fr. from Lat. ambulare , to walk.] Mov- ing from place to place. Ambula'tion, n. [Lat. ambulation .] The act of walk- ing. (R.) Am'bulator, n. One who walks about. (Surv.) An instrument for measuring distances; called also perambulator. Am'bulatory, a . [Fr. ambulatine , from Lat. ambula tori us.] That which has the power or faculty of walking; as, an ambulatory animal. - That which happens during a journey or walk. (R.) "He was sent to conduct hither the prince Maria, of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in her travels." - Wotton. -Movable; as, an ambulatory court: a court which moves from place to place for the exercise of its jurisdiction. (Law.) Movable; changeable; that which is not fixed. Am'bury, n. See ANBURY. Ambuscade', n. [Fr. ambuscade; L. Lat. emboscata; It. imboscata; Sp. emboscada ; O. Sp. embosques , from bosque , a wood.] Literally, in the woods. ( Mil . ) A place where soldiers may lie concealed, till they find an op- port unity to surprise the enemy; -an ambush. The purpose of an ambuscade may be to capture a post, a cantonment, a patrol, a drove of cattle, or a convoy of military stores or merchandise; or to seize upon some of the inhabitants, especially an important personage; also, to make a reconnoi ance; or, again, to fall upon a troop, which is either upon a march, or already engaged in a combat. Æmilia, and in 374 was consecrated archbishop of Milan, after a contest between the Arians and Catholics In 383, he was deputed by the emperor Val ent in i an to prevail upon the tyrant Maximus not to enter Italy, and was succe ful in his mi ion. Subsequently, how- ever, Maximus entered Italy, made himself master of the Western empire, and entered Milan in triumph. Val ent in i an sought refuge with Theodosius, who de- feated Maximus, and restored the fugitive monarch to his throne. While Theodosius was in Italy, an insur- rection arose in The alonica, in which the emperor's lieutenant was slain. Theodosius, out of revenge, put to death a great number of people in cold blood; soon after this ma acre he came to Milan, and was about to enter the great church, when he was met on its thresh- -v. a. To place in ambush. old by Ambrose, who refused him admittance as a homicide; and it was not until a year afterward, and -v. n. To lie insidiously hidden. upon his showing tokens of repentance, that the prelate Ambus'tion, n. [Lat. ambustio .] A burn or scald. would admit him to Christian communion. B. at Treves, Amebe'an. See AMEBEAN. 340; D. 397. The best edition of the works of St. Am- brose is that of Paris, in 2 vols. fol., 1691. He composed that noble hymn, Te Deum laudamus. Am'brose, in Oregon , a village of Jackson co., on Rogue river, about 10 m. N.N.W. of Jacksonville. Ambrosia, n. [Gr. from ambrosios immortal.] ( Myth . ) Festivals held in honor of Bacchus in cities of the same as the Brumal i a of the Romans. The food of the gods was called Ambrosia , and their drink Nectar . It had the power of bestowing immortality on those who ate of it. It was sweeter than honey, and of a most odoriferous smell. It had also the power of healing wounds. Apollo, in Homer's Iliad, saves Sarpedon's body from putrefaction by rubbing it with ambrosia: and Venus heals the wounds of her son, in the Æneid of Virgil, with the same. (Bot.) A gen. of the ord. Asteracece. They are herbaceous plants with mostly opposite leaves, and unsightly flowers. The species hog-weed ( A. artemisia folia ) is a common and troublesome weed of the gardeus, fields, . It gives in Aug. and Sept. barren flowers, small, green in terminal racemes; the fertile ones settle about the axils of the upper leaves. Ambrosia, in Iowa , a hamlet of Lee co. Ambrosial, a . Partaking of the nature or qualities of ambrosia; fragrant; delicious; delectable. dicum.