Identifier: centurydictionary01whit Title: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913 Subjects: English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher: New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Text Appearing Before Image: ped hands,prepared fiom almonds. In this sense alsospelled amandine. amang (a-mang), 2)rep. Among. [Seotch andnorth. Eng. dial.] amanitin (a-mani-tiu), n. [< Gr. afiavirai, pi.,a sort of fungi, + -i/i-.] An organic base oralkaloid, one of the poisonous principles ofcertain mushi-ooms, as Agaricits muscarius andA. liiilhosiis. amanuensis (a-man-ii-ensis), n.; pi. amanuen-ses (-sez). [L. amanuensis (< a manu + -ensis:see -ese), taking the place of a manu servus, asecretary: a for iih, from, of, often used, as here,in designations of ofliee; manu, abl. of maniis,hand (see manual); servus, servant (see serj] 165 servant).] A jierson whose employment is towrite what another dictates, or to copy whathas been written by another. I had not that happy leisure; no aiitanuetutin, no assist-ants. Uiirlun, Aiiat, of Mel. (To tho Header). Amara (ama-rii), n. [NL., fem. (cf. Amarus,m., a genus of hemipterous insects), sai<l to lie <Gr. a- priv. + ■\/ /lap, redupl. /jap/Miijeiv, shine.]

Text Appearing After Image: Ground-beetle l^mara obfta).a, larva ; rf, under side of one of ttie middle joints; f, the head be-neath : /, leg: g, anal cerci and prolcg from side ; i, pupa; c. hccilt:;A, A, natural sizes. A genus of Carahidw, or groimd-beetles, of thesubfamily Barjxilina; more readily distin-guished by then- general appearance than byconspicuous struetmal characters, a vast mnu-ber of species, mainly of the .arctic and temperate zones,constitute this genus. They are all of medium size, moreor less oblong-oval in form, and mostly bronze-colored,rarely brown or black witli a greenish tinge. Tliey are tobe found under moss, stones, clods, etc. In the imagostate they are partly herbivorous, while their larvjc .irestrictly carnivorous, those of A, vbesa feeding on locustseggs.amaracus (a-mara-ktis), n. [L., also amara-cuni (>ME. amarac), < Gr. a/idpaKor, also a/inpa-liov, a certain plant. The Greek species was prob.a bulbous plant; the foreign, called Persian orEgyptian, answers to marjoram,] Ma

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