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A. S. _ealmaest_, Belg. _almeest_, id.
AMANG, AMANGIS, _prep._
1. Among; _amang_, S. Westmorel.
_Wyntown._
2. At intervals, occasionally.
_Barbour._
A. S. _meng-an_, Su. G. _maeng-a_, Isl. _meng-a_, to mix, to blend.
AMBa.s.sATE, AMBa.s.sIAT, _s._ An emba.s.sy, as denoting the persons sent considered collectively.
_Douglas._
Fr. _amba.s.sade_, id.
AMBRY, _s._ A press in which the provision for the daily use of a family in the country is locked up, S.
V. ~Almerie~.
_To_ AMEISE, AMESE, AMEYSS, _v. a._ To mitigate, to appease.
_Barbour._
Franc. _mezz-an_, Germ. _ma.s.s-en_, moderari, mitigare; C. B. _masw_, soft.
AMENE, _adj._ Pleasant.
_Douglas._
Lat. _amoen-us_, id.
AMERAND, _adj._ Green, verdant; probably written _ameraud_.
_Douglas._
From the colour of the emerald, Fr. _emeraud_.
AMERIS, AUMERS, _s. pl._ Embers; aumers, S. B.
_Douglas._
A. S. _aemyria_, Belg. _ameren_, Isl. _eimyria_, favilla.
AMYRALE, _s._ An admiral.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _amiral_; Arab. _amir_, a lord, _ameer al omrah_, prince of the princes.
_To_ AMIT, _v. a._ to admit.
_Wallace._
AMMELYT, _part. pa._ Enamelled.
_Douglas._
Fr. _emaill-er_, L. B. _amayl-are_, id.
_To_ AMMONYSS, _v. a._ To admonish, to counsel.
V. ~Monesting~.
_Barbour._
AMORETTIS, _s. pl._ Loveknots, garlands.
_King's Quair._
Fr. _amourettes_, love-tricks, dalliances, Cotgr.
_To_ AMOVE, AMOW, _v. a._ To move with anger, to vex, to excite.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _emouv-oir_, id.
AMOUR, _s._ Love.
_Douglas._
