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English Dictionary: amber	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for amber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amber adj of a medium to dark brownish yellow color [syn: amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown] n a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair" Synonym(s): amber, gold a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amber \Am"ber\, n. [OE. aumbre, F. ambre, Sp. [a0]mbar, and with the Ar. article, al[a0]mbar, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amber \Am"ber\, a. 1. Consisting of amber; made of amber. [bd]Amber bracelets.[b8] --Shak. 2. Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored. [bd]The amber morn.[b8] --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Amber, OK (town, FIPS 1900) Location: 35.16142 N, 97.88051 W Population (1990): 418 (162 housing units) Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73004
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Amber 1. A {functional programming} language which adds {CSP}-like {concurrency}, {multiple inheritance} and {persistence} to {ML} and generalises its type system. It is similar to {Galileo}. Programs must be written in two type faces, roman and italics! It has both {static types} and {dynamic types}. There is an implementation for {Macintosh}. ["Amber", L. Cardelli, TR Bell Labs, 1984]. 2. An {object-oriented} distributed language based on a subset of {C++}, developed at {Washington University} in the late 1980s. (1994-12-08)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Amber (Ezek. 1:4, 27; 8:2. Heb., hashmal, rendered by the LXX. elektron, and by the Vulgate electrum), a metal compounded of silver and gold. Some translate the word by "polished brass," others "fine brass," as in Rev. 1:15; 2:18. It was probably the mixture now called electrum. The word has no connection, however, with what is now called amber, which is a gummy substance, reckoned as belonging to the mineral kingdom though of vegetable origin, a fossil resin.