in law, the next friend or relation to be entrusted for an infant. See **PROCHEN**.

**Alien Amy**, signifies a foreigner here, subject to some foreign prince, or power, in friendship with us.

**AMYGDALA**, the fruit of the almond-tree.

**AMYGDALA** is likewise used for a species of echinus marinus, a shell fish. See **ECHINUS**.

**AMYGDALÆ**, in anatomy. See **Tenilla**.

**AMYGDALOIDES lapis**, in Nat. hist. a fossil substance, resembling the kernel of an almond.