*amato*

n. One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Amatorious. ] Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an amatorial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Amatory. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amatorius, fr. amare to love. ] Amatory. [ Obs. ] “Amatorious poem.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. clamator, pl. clamatores, a bawler. ] (Zool.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] A declaimer. [ R. ] Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. declamatorius: cf. F. déclamatoire. ] 1. Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Surg.) An instrument formerly used in removing the laminæ of exfoliated bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker. South. -- Ex*clam"a*to*ti*ly adv. [1913 Webster]