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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ambages

· Am·ba·ges · IPA /ˈam.bɪ.d͡ʒɪz/
01 n. pl. A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
  1. 1.
    A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
    “After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is.” — Burton.