ambage

• Ea ambage Chalcedonii monstrabantur quod priores illuc advecti, praevisa locorum utilitate pejora legissent —  History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2
• ‘Obscurum verborum ambage novorum’ is rendered by Clarke, ‘Darkened with a long rabble of new words.’] —  The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations
• [Sidenote: _Periphrasis_, or the Figure of ambage.] —  The Arte of English Poesie
• Periphrasis, _or the figure of ambage. —  The Arte of English Poesie
• Its origin is involved in obscurity: but may it not be a corruption of the Latin _ambages_, or the singular ablative _ambage_? which signifies _quibbling, subterfuge_, and that kind of conduct which is generally supposed to constitute _humbug_. —  Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc

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