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at the bafe, ereCt, unequal in length, longer than the co¬ 
rolla : antherae Ample. PilTillum: germ roundifh ; (lyle 
tabulate, the length of the ftamens; (tigma fimple. Peri- 
carpium: legume lunulate, reflex, larger than the calyx, 
comprelfed, more reflex at the tip, one-celled, tubercled. 
Seeds two, oblong-kidney-fhaped.— EJ'ential Chara&tr. 
Standard of the corolla ovate, concave. 
There is but one fpecies, which is named amorpha fru- 
ticofa, or baflard indigo. It rifes with many irregular 
Items, to the height of twelve or fourteen feet, with very 
long winged leaves, in fliape like thofe of the common 
acacia. At the extremity of the fame year’s fhoots, the 
flowers are produced in long (lender fpikes, they are (mail 
and of a deep purple colour; make their appearance the 
beginning of July; and the feeds do not ripen in England. 
This flirub grows naturally in Carolina, where formerly 
|he inhabitants made a coarfe fort of indigo from the 
young (hoots, which occafio'ned their giving it the name 
of baflard indigo. The feeds were lent to England, by 
Mr. Mark Catefby, in 1724, from which many plants were 
railed in the gardens near London ; thefe were of quick 
growth, and many of them produced flowers in three 
years. It is become very common in all gardens and nur- 
feries. Thunberg obferved it in the great ifland of Nipon 
belonging to Japan. 
It is generally propagated by feeds, which are annually 
fent to England from different parts of America, for it is 
found in many of the northern colonies there ; they ufu- 
ally arrive in February, and (liould be (own as foon as 
poffible, in a light foil. It may alfo be propagated by 
laying down the young branches, which in one year will 
make good roots, and may then be taken off, and planted 
either in the nurfery or in the places where they are de- 
figned to remain. If they are put into a nurfery, they 
(liould not remain there more than one year; for, as the 
plants make large (hoots, they do not remove well when 
they have remained long in a place: they muff have a 
(heltered fituation, othervvife their branches will be bro¬ 
ken by the winds. As thefe fhoots are large and foft, 
their upper parts are generally killed by froft in winter; 
but they put out (hoots again in plenty, below the dead 
part, the fpring following. 
AMOR'PHOUS, adj. [of amorphus, Lat. Gr. 
of a. priv. and jwogip-/), form.] Without form or (hape; 
ill-lhapen. 
AMO'RT, odv, [a la mort, Fr.] In the (late of the 
dead; dejefted; depreffed; fpiritlefs.—Flow fares my 
Kate? what, fweeting, all amort? Shakcfpeare. 
AMORTIZA'TION, or AMo'RTiZEMENT,yi [ amor - 
tljftment, amortiffable, Fr.] The right or aft of transfer¬ 
ring lands to mortmain; that is, to fome community, that 
never is to ceale.—Every one of the religious orders was 
confirmed by one pope or other; and they made an efpe- 
cial provifion for them, after the laws of amortization were 
devifed and put in life by princes. Aylijfe. 
To AMOR'TIZE, v.a. [amortir , Fr.] To alien lands 
or tenements to any corporation, guild, or fraternity, and 
their (ucceffbrs ; which cannot be done without licence of 
the king, and the lord of the manor. Blount. 
A'MOS, [tiny Heb. i.e. burden, or burdening.] The 
fourth of the fmall prophets, who in his youth had been 
a herdfman in Tekoa, was fent to the kine of Bafhan, 
that is, to the people of Samaria, to bring them back to 
repentance, and an amendment of their lives ; whence it 
is thought probable, that he was born within the territo¬ 
ries o( Ifrael, and only retired to Tekoa on his being dri¬ 
ven from Bethel by Amaziah, the pried of the golden 
calves at Bethel. The prophet, being thus retired to 
Tekoa, in the kingdom of Judah, continued to prophefy. 
Fie boldly remondrates againft the crying fins that prevail¬ 
ed among the Ifraelites, as idolatry, oppredion, wanton- 
nefs, and obdinacy. He likewife reproves thofe of Judah, 
for their fenfuality and injudice. He terrifies them both 
with frequent threatenings, and pronounces, that their fins 
will at lad end in the ruin of Judah and Ifrael. Amos 
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was chofen to the prophetic office in the time of Uzziah» 
king of Judah, and Jeroboam, the fon of Joqffi, king of 
Ifrael, two years before the earthquake, which happened 
in the twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth year of Uzziah, ac¬ 
cording to the rabbins and mod of the modern commen¬ 
tators. He foretold the misfortunes which the kingdom 
of Ifrael (liould fall into after the death of Jeroboam II. 
who was then living. He foretold the death of Zechariah, 
the invalion of the lands belonging to Ifrael by Phul and 
Tiglath-Pilefer, kings of Aflyrut; and he lpeaks of the 
captivity of the ten tribes, and their return. 
Amos, [xves Heb. i. e. (lout or drong.] The father 
of the prophet Ifaiah. 
L AMO'VE, 1/. a. [amovco, Lat.] To remove from a 
pod or dation: a juridical fenfe. To remove; to move; 
to alter: a fenfe now out of ufe. 
Fo AMO'UNT, v.n. \monter , Fr.] To rife to in the 
accumulative quantity ; to compofe in the whole ; with 
the particle to. It is ufed of leveral fums in quantities 
added together.—Let us compute a little more particu¬ 
larly how much this will amount to, or how' many oceans 
of water would be neceffary to compofe this great ocean 
rolling in the air, without bounds or banks. Burnet. —It 
is ufed, figuratively, of the confequence riling from any 
thing taken altogether.—The errors of young men are the 
ruin of bulinefs; but the errors of aged men amount but to 
this, that more might have been done, or fooner. Bacon. 
AMO'UNT, f. The Aim total; the refult of feveral 
fums or quantities accumulated : 
And now, ye lying vanities of life. 
Where are you now, and what is your amount ? 
Vexation, difappointment, and remorfe. Thomfon. 
AMO'UR , f. [ amour , Fr. amor , Lat.] An affair of 
gallantry; an intrigue: generally ufed of vicious love. 
The ou founds like 00 in poor. —No man is of fo general 
and diffufivea luff, as to profecute his amours all the world 
over; and, let it burn never fa outrageouffy, yet the im¬ 
pure flame will either die of itfelf, or conlume the body 
that harbours it. South. 
AMOUR'IST, f. [ un amoureux, Fr.] An amorous 
perfon, one apt to be in love. Now (pelt Amorist. 
A'MOY, an ifland in the province of Fokien, in China, 
where the Englifh had a factory; but they have abandoned 
it on account of the impolitions of the inhabitants. Lat. 24. 
30. Ion. 136. o. It has a fine port, that will contain many 
thoufand veffels. 
AM'PANA,/. in botany. See Borassus. 
AM'PELIS, the Chatterer, f. in ornithology, a ge¬ 
nus of birds belonging to the order pafleres; the diftin- 
guifliing characters of which are—bill ftraight, convex : 
upper mandible longer, fomewhat bent inwards, and 
notched on both (ides : npftrils befet with bridles: tongue 
(harp, cartilaginous, bifid. There are eleven fpecies, one 
of which inhabits Europe, and the remaining ten the hot¬ 
ter parts of America. They are'as follow : 
1. Ampelis terfa, or blue-breafted, being of a beautiful 
azure, its back black, and its belly yellowiflr white. 
2. Garrulus Bohemicus, or Bohemian, from often mi¬ 
grating there; having the back of its head creffed, the 
fecondary wing.quills membraneous, coloured at the tip. 
3. Ampelis carunculata, or carunculated ; having a pen¬ 
dulous, expanfible, and moveable, caruncle at the bafe of 
the bill. 
4. The pompadora, of a beautiful purple colour; the 
neared coverts of its wings are fword-fhaped, elongated, 
boat-fhaped, and ffiff. 
5. The cayana, or purple-throated; being of a bright 
blue colour, with its neck violet below. 
6. The carnifex, having its head and bread red; the 
(tripe at its eyes, the tips of the quills of the wings, and 
its tail, black. 
7. The maynana, or filken, from the foftnefs of its plu¬ 
mage, which is a bright blue, with purple neck. 
8. The variegata, or variegated; its colour is cinereous, 
and to its throat are attached two lance-fhaped caruncles, 
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