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Show AM AM z. Eager to grow bigger; afpiring 2, The name of a plant Th® ambitious ocean fwell, and rage, and foam [; a 1 ambitiou manner ; wit of advancement or preference "[fifim,, containing one oblong feed in each The fpecies are, 1, The marine or fea ambrofia 2. Taller unfavoury fea ambrofia 3. The tallef Canada ambrofia Miiler eagernef With fuch glad hearts did our defpairing me §aj b & ' brofia That with fieft eyes did diftant fafety meet #[g shic will be fure to. amble whe faddle the worl upon the hardeft trot 2. To mov Dryden eafily, without har fhocks "hm? 3. In a ludicrous fenfe, to move with fubmiffion M an b dire&ion ; a a horf that ambles ufes a gait not natural thoe A laughing, toying, wheedling, whimpering fhe Shall make him amb/le on a goflip's meflagt And take the diftaff with a hand as patient As e'er did Hercules fi in Rewe''s Fane Shore 4. To walk daintily and affeétedly. I am rudely ftampt, and want love's.majefty To ftrut before a wanton ambling nymph A'MBLE Shakefpeare . [ [from To amble.] A pac or movement in which the horfe removes both his legs on one fide ; as, o the far fide, he removes his fore an hinder leg of the fame fide at one time whilft th legs o th nea fide fland ftill; and, when the far legs are upo the ground, the near fide removes th fore leg and hinder leg, and the leg on the far fide ftand fill. An amble 1 the firft pace of youag colts, but whe they have ftrength to trot, they quit it Ther i n ambl i th manage lives, o two dice turniup. the ace Shakefpeare's As you like it ha rathe b i thi choice tha thro ambs ace for my life Shakefpeare's AIPs avell that ends qvell This will be yet clearer, by. confidering his ow infrance of cafting ambs ace, though it partak more of contingency tha of freedom iffue more Then th carl maintained the fight But the enemy, intending to draw the Englith further into thei ambufp, turned away at an eafy pace Hayward Charge, charge, their ground the faint Taxallans yield Bold in clofe ambu/b, bafe in‘open fiald. Dryden's Indian Emperor [a word corrupted fro AmBs ACE. z. /. [from ambo, Lat. an ace.] A double ace; fo called whe tedious penury: him time ambles withal o g 2. The ac of furprifing another, by Iy ing in wait, or lodging in a fecret poft Nor fhall we need ‘With dangerous expedition, to invad Heav'n, whofe high walls fear no affault or ficge Or ambufb from the deep Milten's Paradife Loff 3. The ftate of being pefted privately, i , order to furprife ; the ftate of lying i wait 4. Perhaps the perfons placed in privat ftations For you, my noble lord of Lancafter Once did I lay an ambu/p for your life Shakefp. Ricbard 11 Suppofin the pofiture of the party's hand who did thro the dice, fuppofing the figure of the table, and o the dice themfelves, fuppofing the meafure of "A'MBUSHED. adj. [from ambu/b.] Place 3 force applied, and fuppofing all other things which |, ‘in ambuffi ; lying in wait did concur to. the produétion of that caft, to b Thick as the thades, there iffue fwarming band the very fame they. were, there is no- doubt bu Of ambufb'd mren, whom, by their arms and dreft in this cafe the caft is neceffary Ampura'rionN. n Fhe act of walking Fro T Brambam againft Hobbes [ambulatio, Lat. the occult and invifible motio mufcles i ftation procee mor of th offenfiv laf fitudes than from ambalation Brown's Vulgar Errours A'MBULATORY adj. [ambulo, ‘Lat. quire fom thei ftatues or ambulatory bafis motion which : or bottom fuc wer are fuc to uphol thof as rethe of themfelves run away i felf-movin unlefs violently detained I guefs Dryden's Indian Emgperor A'MBUSHMENT. z. [ [from ambu/b ; whic fee.] Ambufh; furprife: a word no not ufed Like as a wily fox, that having fpie ‘Where on a funny bank the lambs do play Full clofely creeping by the hinder fide Lies in ambufbment of his hoped pIey 1. That which has the power or facult of walking The gradient : be Taxallan: enemie woul Wilkins's Math. Magick AwmBu'st adj. [ambuftus Spenfir. Lat.] Burnt Di& {calded Amsu'stioN. . f [ambuffio, Lat.] A burn ; a fcald A'MeL. n f. [email, Fr.] The matte with which the variegated works ar riding-mafters allow only of walk, trot, 2. That which happens during a paffag overlaid, which we call ezamelled The materials of glafs melted with calcine and gallop. A horfe may be put from | or walk This whit body und a aph com tin nou of a trot to a gallop without flopping He was f{ent to conduce hither the princefs, o amel is the bafis of all thofe fine concretes tha but he cannot be put from an améble t whom his majefty had an ambulatory view in hi goldfmiths and artificers employ. in the curiou Wottor a gailop without a ftop, which inter- } travels Boyle on Colowrs art of enamelling. rupts the juftnefs of the manage 3. Moveable; as, an ambulatory court 5 a AME''N. adw. [a word of which the oricourt which removes from place to plac Farrier's Di&t ginal has given rife to many conjetures A'MBLER. n [ [from T0 amble.] A horf for the exercife of its jurifdiétion Sealiger writes, that it is Arabick; an that has been taught to amble; a A'mMBURY. 7. /. A bloody wart on an the Rabhies make it the compound. o pacer part of a horfe's body the initials of. three words, fignifyin A'MBLINGLY. adv. [fromy ambling.] With AmBusca'DE. n. [ [embufeade, Fr. See the Lord is a faithful king5 but the wor an ambling movement AmBusu.] A private ftation in which | feems merely Hebrew, jmi, which, wit flMflRO'SIA'..n./J [:up.Cgoa'fzx.. men lie to furprife others ; ambufh along train ofderivatives, fignifies firm J4 # 1. The imaginary food of the gods,. fro which every thing eminently pleafin the fmel o tafte is called Then waving high her torch, the fignal made Which rous'd the Grecians from their ambufcade Dryden When I bechold a fathionable table fet out; faney that gouts, fevers, and lethargics, within fi)‘qfifl wr" Pope in Scotland Who ambles time withal >~-~A rich man tha hath not the gout; for he lives merrily, becauf he feels no pain; knowing no burthen of heav of their ambufb, whenc ftill ufed in the northern counties, an or fhaking i ‘The refidue retired deceitfully towards the plac 2. The place where plate, and utenfils fo houfekeeping, are kept; alfo a cupboard for keeping cold victuals : a wor i to hid upon an enemy To farthelt fhores th' ambrofial {pirit flics Sweet to the world, and grateful to the fkies A'MBRrY. u. / almonry. embufcher bais woods, ambuthes being commonly lai under the concealment of thick forefts. 1. The poft where foldiers or affafins ar placed, in order te fall unexpetedl The gifts of heaven my following fong purfues Acrial honey and ambrofial dews Dryden See AmzpLE and to provide ourfelves of the virtuofo' a wood ; whenc Milton It is good, on fome occafions, to enjoy as much i 1. The place where the almone of the prefent, as will not endanger our futurity where alms are diftributed dele& Senfe of new joy ineffable diffus'd pafs; circuit ; circumference Dié %o A''MBLE. @w. n. [ambler, Fr. ambulto 1. Tomove uponanamble delicious A'MBUSH. n. [. [ambufche, Fr. fro All heaven, and in the bleffed fpirits elec "Lae . M; And then he dreams of cutting foreign throats Of breaches, ambuftadoesy Spanifh blades Of healths five fathom deep Shakefp. Romeo and Fuliet Thus while God fpake, ambrofial fragrance fill' '\ AmBI'TI0USNESS. 7. /0 [from ambitious. [ The quality of being ambitious Ny, AMBITUDE.7. /. [ambio, Lat.] Com fragrant able Dryden Here Flecknoe, as a place to fame well known Ambitioufly defign'd his Sh-"s throne Dryden Dm lbim" Sometimes fhe driveth o'er-a foldier's neck AmERO's1AL. adj. [from ambrofia.] Partaking of the nature or qualities of am +'Salute th' appearance of the prince's fleet And each ambitioufly weuld claim. the ken A{/{ié/m AmBusca'Do. . [ [embofiada, Span. A private poft, in order to furprife a enemy male flowers, is {haped like a club, and is prickly Aumsir'rrousLy.adv. [from ambitions.] I ) '( difhes rate parts of the fame plant from the fruit, havin no vifible petals ; the fruit which fucceeds the fe To be exalted with the threat'ning clouds Shakefpeare numerable diftempers, lie in ambuftad: among th It has male flofculous flowers, produced on fepa I have fee lyy "\ AM nefs, certainty,. fidelity. A term ufle in devotions, by which, at the end of prayer, we mean, /o fe it; at the en of a creed, /o 3t is |