10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMPASSY»
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1
The English dialect dictionary
In var. dial. of Se. and En . Also written ampassy Cum.1 Dev.1 Con"; amsiam Ox .;
an asty e.An.1; anparsy Dur.l w.Yks.2 ; anparse w. ks}; anparsil w.Yks.=', epse'
and Lin.l ; empassy on Shel; empus-and Sui}; passy Con“; passy-and L1n.'; ...
When the modern & was substituted for &, this came to be read " and per se, and,
" of which amiperzand, ampus-and, ampassy, are corruptions. Similarly the letters
A, I, O, when standing by themselves as words, were read in spelling lessons ...
3
The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary:
... prc &m-pere' (-paar), n. (Pty ' The standard unit of current electrical
measurement ; ( IS ' tf^->3Ttr.?5 ^^^ i [ ^a ^ sT'Tft^ AmpereHiI Jtfl^t ^J^t« ?^5tCf I ]
i * im'-per-sind, n. The sign (& • 4$ ft*- (&) i [Also* an-perzatft. cmpUssy-and and
ampassy.] ...
4
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
q.v.); perse ; ampassy ; ampassyand ; amperseand ;ampusand ; ampussy and;
ampazad ; amsiam ; ampusend;apperseand ; empersiand; amperzed ; and
zumzyzan. 1764. Macklin,Manofthe World. A shrivelled, cadaverous, neglected ...
5
Handwriting Identification: Facts and Fundamentals
Ampersand (ampassy) The sign, "&," used as a symbol for "and" in several
hundred languages. Ample letter That which encompasses more than the
standard inner space in a given letter. Characterized by fulsomeness and
expanded ovals ...
Roy A. Huber, A.M. Headrick, 1999
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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, ...
Variants: And—pussy—and; Ann Passy Ann; anpasty; andpassy; anparse;
apersie (a.v.); per—se; ampassy; am—passy—ana; ampene—and; ampus—and;
am pussy and; ampazad; amsiam; ampus—end; apperse—and; empersiand; ...
... and arose when a warehouse for storing furniture was opened in Belgravia,
London. Later we hear of " the driver of a pantechnicon van." See " Vanity Fair,"
chap. lxi. — N. W. Hill. Q. 130. — The et-per-se " and," the ampers and, or
ampassy.
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE CUMBERLAND GLOSSARY Ampassy, B.
a Cornish word in Couch's Glossary, used as in Ampassy B. in former
supplement. Away wid, G. to put up with ; to allow; to suffer. '_It's a lee, and I can't
away wid ...
English Dialect Society, 1881
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Chambers English-Hindi Dictionary
^4<«á (& щг[ $щ) з^т; Also amperzand, ampussy-and, ampassy Ampex п. ¡*гфш (
^^f^ íT%cfí % Фгзтггт frwri* # TSfw); v.í. ftrfor STTT f<+lá ^ГЛГ amphetamine ^MÎï*
fl«l (C9Hi2N m f^% ÍT?ife ЗГ«Г^Т ÎTiîfefe), Hlft-^l- amphibious аау. ^«H^^fl ...
Sureśa Avasthī, Indujā Avasthī, 1981
10
Uncumber and pantaloon: some words with stories
Some of these forms are rather charming — ampassy-and, ampussy-and,
ampusand, and even ampassy or ampussy tout court, sounding like characters
from Ian Fleming. The sign itself looks rather like a rough drawing of a cat, and it
would ...
Gillian Mary Edwards, 1969
