_Ampers and, [&] or [&]_ (Vol. viii., p. 173.).--_Ampers [&]_, or _Empessy
[&]_, as it is sometimes called in this country, means _et per se [&]_;
that is to say, [&] is a character by itself, or _sui generis_,
representing not a letter but a word. It was formerly {44} annexed to the
alphabet in primers and spelling-books.
The figure [&] appears to be the two Greek letters [epsilon] and [tau]
connected, and spelling the Latin word _et_, meaning _and_.