‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a kind of tunny. ] (Zool.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every excellency is a degree of amiability. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. amiable, L. amicabilis friendly, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to love. Cf. Amicable, Amorous, Amability. ] 1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So amiable a prospect. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Done out of love. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being amiable; amiability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an amiable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Amianthus. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Amianthus + -form. ] Resembling amianthus in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Amianthus + -oid: cf. F. amiantoïde. ] Resembling amianthus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amiantus, Gr. &unr_; &unr_; (lit., unsoiled stone) a greenish stone, like asbestus; 'a priv. + &unr_; to stain, to defile; so called from its incombustibility. ] (Min.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus. [ 1913 Webster ]