amalgamate 
2. To combine, unite, or coalesce, generally: 
as, two organs or parts amalgamate as the re- 
sult of growth. 
amalgamate (a-mal'ga-inat), a. [< ML. amal- 
gamatus, pp. : see the verb.] United or amal- 
gamated. 
amalgamation (a-mal-ga-ma'shon), n. [< amal- 
gamate, c.] 1. The act or operation of com- 
pounding mercury with another metal. Specifi- 
cally, a process by which the precious metals are sepa- 
rated from the rock through which they are distributed 
in fine particles, by taking advantage of their affinity for 
quicksilver. This is done by pulverizing the rock and 
bringing it in contact with that metal, by the aid of suit- 
able machinery. The amalgam thus produced is after- 
ward retorted, the quicksilver being distilled off and the 
precious metal left behind. 
2. The mixing or blending of different things, 
especially of races ; the result of such mixing or 
blending; interfusion, as of diverse elements. 
Early in the fourteenth century the amalgamation of 
the races was all but complete. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., i. 
3. Consolidation; specifically, the union of two 
or more incorporated societies or joint-stock 
companies into one concern or under one gen- 
eral direction. 
amalgamative (a-mal'ga-ma-tiv), a. [(amal- 
gamate + -ice.] Tending to amalgamate ; char- 
acterized by a tendency to amalgamate. 
amalgamatizet (a-mal'ga-ma-tiz), v. t. [< ML. 
amalgama(t-) + -4ze.] To amalgamate. Bacon. 
amalgamator (a-mal'ga-ma-tgr), n. One who 
or that which amalgamates ; one who performs 
or promotes any process of amalgamation, spe- 
cifically (a) One who is in favor of or takes part in amal- 
gamating or combining two or more business concerns, 
(ft) In amalgamating operations, a machine used to bring 
the powdered ore into close contact with the mercury. 
amalgamet, and 0. A former spelling of 
amalgam. 
amalgamist (a-mal'ga-mist), n. [< amalgam + 
-ist.] One skilled in amalgamating ores; an 
amalgamator. 
A most famous mining expert, chemist, and amalgamist. 
J. A. Robinson, in Hamilton's Mex. Handbook, p. 05. 
amalgamizet (a-mal'ga-miz), v. t. [< amalgam 
+ -4ze.~\ To amalgamate. 
Amalphitan, a. See Amalfitan. 
amaltas (a-mal'tas), n. [E. Ind.] The common 
name in India of the tree Cassia Fistula, which 
is in general cultivation there for ornament and 
shade. See cut under Cassia. 
m.,a genus of hemipterous insects), said to be < 
Gr. a- priv. + / */iap, redupl. [tap/iaipeiv, shine.] 
AmultheuJi + -idai.] A family of tetrabrancni- 
ate cephalopods, typified by the genus Amal- 
theus. The species are extinct, and nourished 
during the Secondary epoch. 
Amaltheus (a-mal'the-us), n. [NL.] A genus 
of cephalopods, typical of the family Amalthe- 
id(e. 
165 Amaryllis 
servant).] A person whose employment is to amaranthaceous (am'a-ran-tha'shius), a. 
write what another dictates, or to copy what Same as amarantaceous. 
has been written by another. amaranth-feathers (am'a-ranth-feTH"erz), n. 
I had not that happy leisure ; no amanuensis, no assist- A name given to JJumea elegans, an Australian 
ants. Burton, Anat. of Mel. (To the Eeader). composite plant, with drooping panicles of 
Amara (am'a-ra), n. [NL., fern. (cf. Amarus, small reddish flowers. It is sometimes culti- 
vated. 
amaranthine (am-a-ran'thin), a. [More cor- 
rectly amarantine, ^Gr. duapdvrivoc, < d/idpavrof , 
amaranth: see amaranth.] 1. Of or pertaining 
to the amaranth ; consisting of, containing, or 
resembling amaranth. 
Those happy souls who dwell 
In yellow meads of Asphodel, 
Or Amaranthine bow'rs. 
Pope, St. Cecilia's Day, 1. 76. 
2. Never-fading, like the amaranth of the poets ; 
imperishable. 
The only amaranthine flow'r on earth 
Is virtue ; th' only lasting treasure, truth. 
Couiper, Task, iii. 
3. Of a purplish color. 
Also written amarantine. 
amaranthoid (am-a-ran'thoid), a. [< amaranth 
+ -aid.] Resembling or allied to the amaranth. 
Amaranthus (am-a-ran'thus), n. See Ama- 
rantus. 
amarantine (am-a-ran'tin), a. See amaranthine. 
Amarantus (am-a-ran'tus), n. [L. : see ama- 
ranth.] A genus of plants, natural order Ama- 
rantaeece, including several long-cultivated gar- 
den-plants, as the cockscomb (A. cristattis), 
prinee's-feather (A. hypochondriaeus), love-lies- 
bleeding (A. caudatus), etc. Several dwarf 
forms of A. melancholicus, with variegated or 
distinctly colored leaves, are favorite bedding- 
plants. Also written Amarantlius. 
amargOSO-bark (a-mar-go'so-bark), n. [< Sp. 
amargoso, bitter (< amargo, bitter, < L. amarus, 
bitter), + bark 2 .] The bark of the goatbush, 
Castcla ci-ecta, a simarubaceous shrub of the 
lower Rio Grande valley in Texas and of north- 
ern Mexico. It is intensely bitter, and is used by the 
Mexicans as an astringent, a tonic, and a febrifuge. The 
plant is stiff and thorny, and is an excellent hedge-plant. 
amarin (am'a-rin), n. [< L. amarus, bitter, + 
-in 2 .] An organic base, CgiHifj^, isomeric 
with hydrobenzamide, from which it is pre- 
pared. It exerts a poisonous effect on animals, 
and forms salts with acids. 
amaritudet (a-mar'i-tud), n. [< L. amaritudo, 
bitterness, < amarus, bitter.] Bitterness. 
What amaritude or acrimony is deprehended in choler, 
it acquires from a commixture of nielanc 
h 3 
Ground-beetle (Amara obest 
a, larva ; d, under side of one of the middle joints ; t, the head be- 
neath ; /, leg ; g , anal cerci and proleg from side ; 0, pupa ; c, beetle ; 
It, h, natural sizes. 
A genus of Carabidce, or ground-beetles, of the 
subfamily Harpalinw, more readily distin- 
guished by their general appearance than by 
conspicuous structural characters. A vast num- 
ber of species, mainly of the arctic and temperate zones, 
constitute this genus. They are all of medium size, more 
or less oblong-oval in form, and mostly bronze-colored, 
rarely brown or black with a greenish tinge. They are to 
lie found under moss, stones, clods, etc. In the imago 
state they are partly herbivorous, while their larvaj are 
strictly carnivorous, those of A. obesa feeding on locusts' 
eggs. 
Amaltheidae (am-al-the'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < amaracus (a-mar'a-kus), n. [L., also amarn- 
cum (>ME. amarac), < Gr. afidpattof, also ap6pa- 
KOV, a certain plant. The Greek species was prob. malign bodies. 
a bulbous plant; the foreign, called Persian or amaryllid (am-a-ril'id) 
Egyptian, answers to marjoram.] Marjoram. Amaryllidacea!. " 
And at their feet the crocus brake like fire, 
Violet, amaranta, and asphodel, 
Lotos and lilies. Tennyson, ffinone. 
ncholy, or external 
Harvey, Consumption. 
In hot., one of the 
aman (am'an), . [Name in Aleppo.] A blue amarant (am'a-rant), n. See amaranth. 
cotton cloth imported from the Levant, made Amarantaceae (am"a-ran-ta'se-e), n.pl. [NL., 
chiefly at Aleppo, Asiatic Turkey. 
amand 1 1 (a-mand'), v. t. [< L. amandare, send 
forth or away, remove, < a for aft, off, -t- mandare, 
order: see mandate.] To send off; dismiss. 
fern. pi. of amarantaceus : see amarantaceous.] 
A natural order of apetalous herbaceous weedy 
plants, with inconspicuous, mostly scarious- 
bracted, flowers. They are of little or no value, though 
some species are cultivated on account of the bright-col- 
ored bracts of the densely clustered blooms, chiefly of the 
Amaryllidacese (am-a-ril-i-da'se-e), n. pi. 
[NL., < Amaryllis (-id-) + -acea;.] ' A natural 
order of monocotyledpnous plants, resembling 
the Liliacea;, but having an inferior ovary, it 
includes many well-known ornamental plants, the amaryl- 
lis, narcissus (with the daffodil and jonquil), snowdrop 
(Galanthus), pancratium, agave, etc. The bulbs of some 
are poisonous, especially those of llemanthus toxicarius 
and some allied species, in the juice of which the Hotten- 
tots are said to dip their arrow-heads. The bulbs of Nar- 
cwxus poeticus and some other species are emetic. Species 
, , of agave are valuable as fiber-plants. 
genera Amarantus, Gomphrena, Iresine, and Alternan- amaryllidaceOUS (am-a-ril-i-da shius), a. [< 
them. Also written Amarant haceos. Amaryllis (-id-) + -aceous.] Of or pertaining 
* - ^ T T , amarantaceous (am" a-ran-ta'shras), a. [<NL to the Amaryllidacea;. 
fine: see amende.] In Scots law, a fine or pen- amarantaceus, < L. amarantus: see amaranth amarvllideous (am-a-ril'i-de-us), a. [_<amaryl- 
* ,.. ^ T~ T,,,, nf ,. r^a^i ^ rtm K(i ^_ eou ^ < L .^;-| Relating to or having 
the nature of an amaryllid, or a plant of the or- 
In 1856 Dunker described . . . four species from Blank- <jer Amaryllidacea; ; amaryllidaceous. 
enburg . . . which he believed to belong to ... the A~-.-. T THo Cam n ril'isA n PNTi < TJ Amarvl- 
sasss/"*" had divined that they might be ^S^^J^^rt, 
L. F. Ward, Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., XXVII. 294. 
[More correctly 
A court of equity which would rather amand the plain- 
tiff to his remedy at common law. 
Wythe,, Decisions, p. 86. (N. E. D.) 
amand 2 (a-mand'), n. [Sc., < 
fine: see amende.] In Scots law, 
alty; formerly also a sum required from the de- an( j ^ ceou s.] In lot., of or pertaining to the 
fender in a suit as a security against delay or Amarantacece. Also written amaranthaceous. 
evasion. 
amandava (a-man'da-va,), n. [NL., < amadavat, 
q. v.] In ornith., the specific name of the 
amadavat, Fringilla amandava (Linnaeus), now 
Estrilda amandava, used by Bonaparte in 1850 , 
as a generic name of that section of the genus amarantft |am ji 
of which the amadavat is the type. 
amandin (am'an-din), n. [< F. amande, al- 
mond (see almond), + -i 2 .] 1. An albuminous 
substance contained in sweet almonds. 2. A 
kind of paste or cold cream for chapped hands, 
prepared from almonds. In this sense also 
spelled amandine. 
amang (a-mang'), prep. Among. [Scotch and 
north. Ehg. dial.] 
amanitin (a-man'i-tin), H. [< Gr. a/iavlrat, pi., 
a sort of fungi, -1- -i 2 .] An organic base or 
alkaloid, one of the poisonous principles of 
certain mushrooms, as Agaricus muscarius and 
A. bulbosus. 
amanuensis (a-man-u-en'sis), n. ; pi. amanuen- 
ses (-sez). [C. amanuensis (< a manu + -ensis : 
see -ese), taking the place of a manu servus, a 
secretary : a for ab, from, of, often used, as here, 
in designations of office ; manu, abl. of manus, 
hand (see manual); servus, servant (see serf, 
amarant, < ME. dmaraunt, < L. amarantus (often 
written amaranthus, simulating Gr. av8o(, a 
flower), (. Gr. d/iapavroi;, amarant, prop, an 
adj., unfading, < a- priv. + papaivetv, wither, 
fade, akin to L. mori, Skt. / mar, die : see mor- 
tal. Cf. ambrosia and amrita. The flower is so 
called because when picked it does not wither.] 
1 . An imaginary flower supposed never to fade : 
used chiefly in poetry. 
Immortal amarant, a flower which once 
In Paradise fast by the tree of life 
Began to bloom ; but soon, for man's offence, 
To heaven removed, where first it grew. 
Milton, P. L., iii. 353. 
2. (a) A plant of the genus Amarantus (which 
see). (6) The globe-amaranth, Gomphrena glo- 
bosa, of the same natural order. 3. A name 
given to mixtures of coloring matters of which 
the chief constituent is magenta (which see). 
Amaranthaceae (am"a-ran-tha'se-e), n. pi. 
Same as Amarantacece. 
the same 
in Theocritus, prob. 
(withfem. dim. term.) 
< a/tapitaaeiv, sparkle, 
twinkle, glance, as 
the eye, > a/iapiryfy a 
sparkling, twinkling, 
glancing.] 1. A ge- 
nus of bulbous plants, 
natural order Ama- 
ryllidaceee, with large, 
bright-colored, lily- 
shaped flowers upon 
a stout scape. The 
belladonna lily, A. Bella- 
donna, from southern Af- 
rica, now regarded as the 
only species, is well known 
and has long been in cultivation. Many species once 
placed in this genus are now referred to other genera, those 
of the old world to Crinum, Lycoris, Brummgia, Nenne, 
etc., the American to Zephyranthes and Sprekelia. 
2. [I. c.] A plant of this genus. 3. In zool., 
a genus of crustaceans. 
Belladonna Lily 
(Amaryllis Belladonna?. 
