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AmbrosiaAmbrosia Am*bro"sia, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytid[ae]
believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their
burrows. Ambrosia artemisiaefoliaWormwood Worm"wood, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having
a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a
tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called
absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term
is often extended to other species of the same genus.
2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed (Ambrosia
artemisi[ae]folia); hogweed.
Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.
Wormwood hare (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the common hare
(Lepus timidus); -- so named from its color. Ambrosia beetle
Ambrosia beetle Ambrosia beetle (Zo["o]l.)
A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia.
Ambrosiac
Ambrosiac Am"bro"si*ac, a. [L. ambrosiacus: cf. F.
ambrosiaque.]
Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious. [R.]``Ambrosiac
odors.' --B. Jonson.
Ambrosial
Ambrosial Am*bro"sial, a. [L. ambrosius, Gr. ?.]
1. Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia;
delighting the taste or smell; delicious. ``Ambrosial
food.' ``Ambrosial fragrance.' --Milton.
2. Divinely excellent or beautiful. ``Shakes his ambrosial
curls.' --Pope.
Ambrosially
Ambrosially Am*bro"sial*ly, adv.
After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully. ``Smelt
ambrosially.' --Tennyson.
Ambrosian
Ambrosian Am*bro"sian, a.
Ambrosial. [R.] --. Jonson.
AmbrosianAmbrosian Am*bro"sian, a.
Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or
ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan,
instituted by St. Ambrose.
Ambrosian chant, the mode of signing or chanting introduced
by St. Ambrose in the 4th century. Ambrosian chantAmbrosian Am*bro"sian, a.
Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or
ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan,
instituted by St. Ambrose.
Ambrosian chant, the mode of signing or chanting introduced
by St. Ambrose in the 4th century. Ambrosian chantChant Chant, n.[F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr.
canere to sing. See Chant, v. t.]
1. Song; melody.
2. (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts
by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung
or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.]
His strange face, his strange chant. --Macaulay.
Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian.
Chant royal [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing
five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding
stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common
refrain.
Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian. Ambrosin
Ambrosin Am"bro*sin, n. [LL. Ambrosinus nummus.]
An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the
figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.
Brosimum GalactodendronMilk Milk, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to
OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj?ok,
Sw. mj["o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk,
OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ?. ????. Cf.
Milch, Emulsion, Milt soft roe of fishes.]
1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of
female mammals for the nourishment of their young,
consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a
solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic
salts. ``White as morne milk.' --Chaucer.
2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color,
found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.
3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of
almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and
water.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
Condensed milk. See under Condense, v. t.
Milk crust (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face
and scalp of nursing infants. See Eczema.
Milk fever.
(a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first
lactation. It is usually transitory.
(b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle;
also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after
calving.
Milk glass, glass having a milky appearance.
Milk knot (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a
nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and
congestion of the mammary glands.
Milk leg (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in
puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and
characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an
accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular
tissue.
Milk meats, food made from milk, as butter and cheese.
[Obs.] --Bailey.
Milk mirror. Same as Escutcheon, 2.
Milk molar (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which
are shed and replaced by the premolars.
Milk of lime (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate,
produced by macerating quicklime in water.
Milk parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum
palustre) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice.
Milk pea (Bot.), a genus (Galactia) of leguminous and,
usually, twining plants.
Milk sickness (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease,
occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and
affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and
persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of
infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are
uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and
muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously
ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food,
and to polluted drinking water.
Milk snake (Zo["o]l.), a harmless American snake
(Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius). It is variously
marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk
adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc.
Milk sugar. (Physiol. Chem.) See Lactose, and Sugar of
milk (below).
Milk thistle (Bot.), an esculent European thistle (Silybum
marianum), having the veins of its leaves of a milky
whiteness.
Milk thrush. (Med.) See Thrush.
Milk tooth (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth
in young mammals; in man there are twenty.
Milk tree (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow
tree of South America (Brosimum Galactodendron), and the
Euphorbia balsamifera of the Canaries, the milk of both
of which is wholesome food.
Milk vessel (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a
plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is
contained. See Latex.
Rock milk. See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Sugar of milk. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard
white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by
evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and
powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an
article of diet. See Lactose. Brosimum GalactodendronCow tree Cow" tree` (kou" tr?`). [Cf. SP. palo de vaca.]
(Bot.)
A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron)
of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing
fluid, resembling milk. Chenopodium ambrosioidesMexican Mex"i*can, a.
Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. -- n. A native or
inhabitant of Mexico.
Mexican poppy (Bot.), a tropical American herb of the Poppy
family (Argemone Mexicana) with much the look of a
thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms.
Mexican tea (Bot.), an aromatic kind of pigweed from
tropical America (Chenopodium ambrosioides). Salebrosity
Salebrosity Sal`e*bros"i*ty, n.
Roughness or ruggedness. [Obs.] --Feltham.
Tenebrosity
Tenebrosity Ten`e*bros"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness.
--Burton.
Umbrosity
Umbrosity Um*bros"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Browne.
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