Definition of amber

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Amber (n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric..

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Inchambering :: Inchambering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inchambe.
Succinite :: Succinite (n.) Amber.
Usher :: Usher (n.) An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc..
Climber :: Climber (v. i.) To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber.
Box :: Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.
Ophite :: Ophite (a.) A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.
Protoconch :: Protoconch (n.) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods..
Camerate :: Camerate (v. i.) To divide into chambers.
Chamberer :: Chamberer (n.) One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid.
Aptychus :: Aptychus (n.) A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula..
Girandole :: Girandole (n.) A series of chambers in defensive mines.
Multiseptate :: Multiseptate (a.) Divided into many chambers by partitions, as the pith of the pokeweed..
Refrigeratory :: Refrigeratory (n.) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved..
Chamberlain :: Chamberlain (n.) An upper servant of an inn.
Echauguette :: Echauguette (n.) A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle..
Podium :: Podium (n.) The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers..
Jorden :: Jorden (n.) A chamber pot.
Statesmen :: States-general (n.) In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers..
Pandemonium :: Pandemonium (n.) The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits.
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