Chem. [f. AMYL + AMINE.] An amine in which one of the hydrogen atoms of the ammonia is replaced by amyl; the compound ammonia of the amyl series.
1850. Daubeny, Atom. The., viii. 239. Amylamine C10 H11 + H2N, where it [1 atom of hydrogen] is replaced by amyle.
1881. Athenæum, 14 May, 658/3. On the Active and Inactive Amylamines corresponding to the Active and Inactive Alcohols of Fermentation, by Mr. R. T. Plimpton.