2. An official messenger and representative.
Ambassadorial
(Am*bas`sa*do"ri*al) a. Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole.
Ambassadorship
(Am*bas`sa*dor*ship) n. The state, office, or functions of an ambassador.
Ambassadress
(Am*bas"sa*dress) n. A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott.
Ambassage
(Am"bas*sage) n. Same as Embassage. [Obs. or R.] Luke xiv. 32.
Ambassy
(Am"bas*sy) n. See Embassy, the usual spelling. Helps.
Amber
(Am"ber), n. [OE. aumbre, F. ambre, Sp. ámbar, and with the Ar. article, alámbar, fr. Ar. 'anbar
ambergris.]
1. (Min.) 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.
2. Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
3. Ambergris. [Obs.]
You that smell of amber at my charge.
Beau. & Fl.
4. The balsam, liquidambar.
Black amber, and old and popular name for jet.
Amber
(Am"ber), a.
1. Consisting of amber; made of amber. "Amber bracelets." Shak.
2. Resembling amber, especially in color; amber- colored. "The amber morn." Tennyson.
Amber
(Am"ber), v. t. [p. p. & p. a. Ambered .]
1. To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
2. To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
Amber fish
(Am"ber fish) (Zoöl.) A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.)
Ambergrease
(Am"ber*grease) n. See Ambergris.
Ambergris
(Am"ber*gris) n. [F. ambre gris, i. e., gray amber; F. gris gray, which is of German origin: cf.
OS. grîs, G. greis, gray-haired. See Amber.] A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in
the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the
sperm whale which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash- gray, yellow, or
black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred
and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212° Fahrenheit, and is highly
valued in perfumery. Dana.
Amber room
(Am"ber room) A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly
decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German
troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being
recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC
