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Ames-ace
·noun ·same·as Ambs-ace. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
ames
ămĕs, ĭtis, prob. m. [cf. amentum], a pole or fork , esp. for holding and spreading bird-nets: ami...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
ames
ames itis, m 1 AP-, a fork for spreading nets : levis, H. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Ace
ACE(Ἄκη: Eth. Ἀκαῖος), the ACCHO(Ἄκχω) of the Old Testament (Judg. 1.31), the Akkaof the Arabs, a ce...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Ace
Acē, ēs, f., Ἄκη, a town in Galilee , afterwards called Ptolemais or Acca, now St. Jean d'Acre , N...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Ace
·noun Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot. II. Ace ·noun A unit; a s...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Ambs-ace
·noun Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
pick-ace
the ace of spades. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
ace of spades
A widow. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose