n. 1. A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side. “A fine easy amble.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A movement like the amble of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Ambled p. pr. & vb. n. Ambling ] [ F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. &unr_; to go, E. base. Cf. Ambulate. ] 1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. [ 1913 Webster ]
The skipping king, he ambled up and down. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
{ ‖ } n. [ Gr. 'amblywpi`a; 'ambly`s blunt, dim + 'w`ps eye: cf. F. amblyopie. ] (Med.) Weakness of sight, without any detectable organic lesion. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; blunt + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Paleon.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]
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