*amon*

{ } prep. [ OE. amongist, amonges, amonge, among, AS. onmang, ongemang, gemang, in a crowd or mixture. For the ending -st see Amidst. See Mingle. ] 1. Mixed or mingled; surrounded by. [ 1913 Webster ]

They heard,
And from his presence hid themselves among
The thickest trees. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blessed art thou among women. Luke i. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action. [ 1913 Webster ]

What news among the merchants? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Human sacrifices were practiced among them. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

Divide that gold amongst you. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether they quarreled among themselves, or with their neighbors. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Amidst; between. See Amidst, Between. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the ancient Egyptian sun god; supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were combined; principal deity during Theban supremacy.
Syn. -- Amen-Ra [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A dry kind of cherry, of a light color. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Mil.) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners. Farrow.

n. same as cardamom. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Heb. qinnāmōn; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay kājū mānis sweet wood. ] (a) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices. (b) Cassia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cinnamon stone (Min.), a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry. --
Oil of cinnamon, a colorless aromatic oil obtained from cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of cinnamic aldehyde, C6H5.C2H2.CHO. --
Wild cinnamon. See Canella. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cinnamic + -one. ] A yellow crystalline substance, (C6H5.C2H2)2CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. &unr_;. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. &unr_; transparent. See Adamant, Tame. ] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in the type called Diamond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. --
Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. --
Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. --
Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird (Pardalotus punctatus, family Ampelidæ.). It is black, with white spots. --
Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. --
Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. --
Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. --
Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. --
Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. --
Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. --
Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having figures like a diamond or lozenge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adorned with diamonds; diamondized. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Diamondizing of your subject. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ etc. } an anniversary celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or, according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of the event commemorated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Delaware; -- a nickname alluding to its small size. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A tropical American tree (Melicocca bijuga, or Melicocca bijugatus) bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
Syn. -- Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See regent diamond. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A famous diamond of fine quality, which weighs about 137 carats and is among the state jewels of France. It is so called from the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to whom it was sold in 1717 by Pitt the English Governor of Madras (whence also called the Pitt diamond), who bought it of an Indian merchant in 1701. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ NL.; Cf. F. stramoine. ] (Bot.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Stramonium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., pl. of telamo or telamon, Gr. &unr_; a bearer, fr. &unr_; to bear. ] (Arch.) Same as Atlantes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. See Tramontane. ] (Meteor.) A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ OF. tramontain, It. tramontano, L. transmontanus; trans across, beyond + mons, montis, mountain. ] Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Italians sometimes use this epithet for ultramontane, and apply it to the countries north of the Alps, as France and Germany, and especially to their ecclesiastics, jurists, painters, etc.; and a north wind is called a tramontane wind. The French lawyers call certain Italian canonists tramontane, or ultramontane, doctors; considering them as favoring too much the court of Rome. See Ultramontane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. ultramontanus; L. ultra beyond + montanus belonging to a mountain, from mons, montis, mountain: cf. F. ultramontain, It. ultramontano. See Ultra-, and Mountain. ] Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This term was first applied, somewhat contemptuously, by the Italians, to the nations north of the Alps, especially the Germans and French, their painters, jurists, etc. At a later period, the French and Germans applied it to the Italians. It is now more particularly used in respect to religious matters; and ultramontane doctrines, when spoken of north of the Alps, denote the extreme views of the pope's rights and supremacy maintained by Bellarmin and other Italian writers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ultramontanisme. ] The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism. [ 1913 Webster ]