Helen Fenton

Amadavat: Definition and part of speech

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Amadavat

  1. n. The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; — called also red waxbill.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Amadou: Definition and part of speech

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Amadou

  1. n. A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Amain: Definition and part of speech

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Amain

  1. v. i. To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
  2. n. With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
  3. n. At full speed; in great haste; also, at once.
  4. v. t. To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Amalgam: Definition and part of speech

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Amalgam

  1. v. t. / i. To amalgamate.
  2. n. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
  3. n. A mixture or compound of different things.
  4. n. A native compound of mercury and silver.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.