Definition of Ambsace

1. n. Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.

Definition of Ambsace

1. Noun. (archaic) Two ones; the lowest throw at dice; a pair of aces. ¹

2. Noun. (archaic) Bad luck, worthlessness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ambsace

1. bad luck [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambsace

ambroid
ambroids
ambrosia
ambrosiac
ambrosial
ambrosially
ambrosian
ambrosias
ambrosin
ambrosins
ambrotype
ambrotypes
ambroxol
ambry
ambs
ambsace (current term)
ambsaces
ambulacra
ambulacral
ambulacriform
ambulacrum
ambulacrums
ambulance
ambulance chaser
ambulance chasers
ambulanceman
ambulancemen
ambulances
ambulancewoman

Literary usage of Ambsace

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell (1890)
"... to risk the prosperity of a verse upon a lucky throw of words, which may come up the sices of hardy metaphor or the ambsace of conceit. ..."

2. The Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell (1890)
"... to risk the prosperity of a verse upon a lucky throw of words, which may come up the sices of hardy metaphor or the ambsace of conceit. ..."

3. Life & Letters at Bath in the Xviijth Century by Alfred Barbeau (1904)
"3 The first scene is in a " Gaming Room, Lady ambsace rising from the Table in a Fury, while several sharpers divide her money." The dialogue opens thus ..."

4. Essays from the North American Review by William Hickling Prescott, Caleb Cushing, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Bancroft, John Lothrop Motley, Washington Irving, Charles Francis Adams, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, George William Curtis, Francis Parkman, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holm (1879)
"a lucky throw of words, which may come up the sices of hardy metaphor or the ambsace of conceit. There is such a difference between far-reaching and ..."

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