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▪ I. amphibole1|ˈæmfɪbəʊl|
[a. Fr. amphibole, 1. adj. ‘ambiguous, of a double sense’ (Cotgr. 1611), 2. the mineral; ad. L. amphibol-um ambiguous, a. Gr. ἀµϕίβολ-ον thrown or hitting on both sides, ambiguous, f. ἀµϕί on both sides + βολ-, βαλ- stem of βάλλ-ειν to throw.]
†1. An ambiguity; = amphiboly. Obs.
1606Holland Suetonius Notes 34 There is not onely an Homonyme in the word..but an Ampibole also in the sentence. 1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. i. §6. 48 æquivocation, Ambiguous, Amphibole.
2. A mineral, hornblende. So named by Haüy 1801, in allusion to the protean variety in composition and appearance, assumed by the mineral genus to which he gave the name, and which Dana takes as the type of his first group of Bisilicates, including under it many species and varieties, as Actinolite, Asbestos, Hornblende, Tremolite, etc. (The pronunciation æmˈfɪbəlɪ is quite erroneous.)
1833Lyell Elem. Geol. (1865) 592 Amphibole is a general term under which hornblende and actinolite may be united. 1868Dana Min. 233 The varieties of amphibole are as numerous as those of pyroxene. 1869Phillips Vesuv. x. 296 Hornblende, or Amphibole in ejected blocks and scoriæ on Somma and Vesuvius.
▪ II. ‖ amphibole2 Gr. Antiq.|æmˈfɪbəliː|
[Gr. ἀµϕιβολή a casting-net, f. ἀµϕί on both sides, around + -βολή a throw, cast.]
An ancient casting-net.
1854Badham Halieut. 24 Whether the net employed by Vulcan, on a memorable occasion..was an amphibole. |