amptman

[Sw. amtman; Dan. antmand bailiff.] The custodian of a castle. ( Scotch.) "Before my departing. I took an attestation from the amptman of the castle, of the good order and discipline that was kept by us there."-Monro's Exped., pt. ii., 9, 10. ăm-pul, * ăm-pol-ỹ ( Eng . ), ăm-pul-lạ (Lat.), s. ( Ampulla has the pl. ampulla .) [A.S. ampulle , ampolle , ampelle = a vial, bottle, or flagon; Fr. ampoule ; Sp. and Ital ampolla ; Port . empola ; all from Lat. ampulla = a nearly globular ve el; a gla or earthenware flask bellying out like a jug, used especially to hold unguents, perfumes, . Perhaps from amp = amb , ambi , Gr. ἀμφί = around, and Lat. olla = a pot or jar.] [AMPHORA.] A. In the forms ampul, ampoly, and ampulla: Eccles. One of IMG:content-0481.png:[blocks in formation] 1. One of the little flasks composed of metamorphosed leaves found on certain water plants, such as Utricularia. It is called also Ascidium (q.v.). 2. A spongiole of a root. ăm-pul-lā-ceo us, a . [Lat. ampul lace us ; from ampulla (q.v.).] Pertaining to an am pull a (q.v.); resembling a little flask or bladder.