Not in free and common socage, but in this amphibious subordinate class of villein socage.
Blackstone.
Am*phib"i*ous*ly, adv. Like an amphibious being.
||Am*phib"i*um (&?;), n.; pl. L. Amphibia (&?;); E. Amphibiums (&?;). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; (sc. &?; an animal). See Amphibious.] An amphibian.
Am`phi*blas"tic (m`f*bls"tk), a. [Gr. 'amfi` + blastiko`s tending to sprout.] (Biol.) Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
Am"phi*bole (m"f*bl), n. [Gr. 'amfi`bolos doubtful, equivocal, fr. 'amfiba`llein to throw round, to doubt: cf. F. amphibole. Haüy so named the genus from the great variety of color and composition assumed by the mineral.] (Min.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.
Am`phi*bol"ic (m`f*bl"c), a. 1. Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.