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  • ACCOLADEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/ACCOLADE

    of a Sword he forthwith entered into the Possession of Arms. The word is French and literally denotes an Embrace or Hugging; being formed of ad and col, Neck. ACCOLADE

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Heraldry

  • APOZEMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/APOZEM

    Flowers, Leaves, Fruits, and Seeds, sweetened and clarified. It differs from Syrup, in Thickness and Consistence; the Syrup being more dense and viscous than the Apozem. See SYRUP. It differs from a Julep, in that it is thicker and more viscous; and is...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Medicine

  • AURICLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AURICLE

    Auricle; with the several Parts thereof, their Names, etc. see EAR. Auricle is also applied to two Appendages of the Heart; being two muscular Caps, covering the two Ventricles thereof. See VENTRICLE. They move regularly like the Heart; only in an...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Anatomy

  • ARCANUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCANUM

    operates chiefly by stool. Arcanum Foviale, is made of an amalgam of mercury and tin, digested in spirit of nitre: the nitre being drawn off, the remaining matter is wetted with spirit of wine, and the spirit burnt away; and this for several times till...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ALGAROThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALGAROT

    or Algaroth, in the Arabian Chemistry, a Powder prepared of Butter of Antimony; being in reality no more than the Regulus of that Mineral, dissolved in Acids, and separated again by means of several Lotions with lukewarm Water, which imbibes those...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chymistry

  • ARCTURUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ARCTURUS

    constellation Arctophylax, or Boötes. See BOÖTES. The word is formed of ἄρκτος, bear, and οὐρά, tail, i.e., bear's tail; as being very near it. It rises on the first day of September, and sets on the 13thday of May; and has been supposed rarely to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Astronomy

  • ARCH-CHAMBERLAINhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCH-CHAMBERLAIN

    what in England we call Great Chamberlain. See CHAMBERLAIN. The Elector of Brandenburg is Arch Chamberlain of the empire, being so appointed by the Golden Bull; and in that quality, he bears the scepter before the emperor, walking on the left hand of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ABLUTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ABLUTION

    in Antiquity, a Religious Ceremony, in use among the Romans; being a sort of purifying, perform'd by washing the Body, ere they enter'd on Sacrifice. See SACRIFICE. Sometimes they wash'd their Hands and Feet, sometimes the Head, and oftentimes the whole...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chronology

  • ANTIHECTICShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIHECTICS

    them in a large Crucible, and putting to them, by little and little, three times the quantity of Nitre: the Detonation being over, the whole is washed with warm Water till no filthiness remains. It is a very penetrating Medicine, making way into the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • APPOINTMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPOINTMENT

    to several of the Officers in his Service. Appointments differ from Wages, in that the latter are fixed and ordinary, being paid by the ordinary Treasurers; whereas Appointments are annual Gratifications granted by Brevet for a time uncertain, and are...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • APOCRISIARIUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/APOCRISIARIUS

    meet with Asecretarius, Secretary, for Apocrisiary. Zosimus defines the Apocrisiarius, Secretary for foreign Affairs; being the same with what Vopiscus in the Life of Aurelian calls Notarius Secretorum. The Title and Quality of Apocrisiary became at...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chronology

  • AUBAINEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AUBAINE

    is not subject to the right of Aubaine. The Swiss, Savoyards, Scots, and Portuguese are also exempted from the Aubaine, as being reputed Natives and Regnicoles. AUBAINE

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law

  • ABDICATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/politics/ABDICATION

    Abdication is frequently confounded with Resignation ; but, strictly speaking, there is a difference : Abdication being done purely and simply ; whereas Resignation is done in favour of some third Person. See RESIGNATION. In this Sense, Diocletian, and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Politics - Policy - Justice

  • AUGUSTALIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AUGUSTALIS

    of the Emperor’s palace. The governor or prefect of Egypt is particularly called Augustalis, or Praefectus Augustalis; as being first established by Augustus, after the defeat of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra. He resided at Alexandria. Augustalis was also...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chronology

  • ABSCISSEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ABSCISSE

    between the Vertex A and the Semiordinates PM, PM, &c. They are called Abscisses of the Latin Absindo, I cut off ; as being Parts cut off from the Axis. Others call 'em Sagittæ, Arrows. See SAGITTA. In the Parabola, the Absciss is a third Proportional...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Geometry

  • ADAMITEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADAMITES

    ἀνατολή (Anatole), East; ד, δύσις (Dysis), West; א, ἄρκτος (Arktos), North; and מ, μεσημβρία (Mesembria), South; as being king of the four quarters of the world: or, in that he was to people it; or that he was a little world, μικρόκοσμος (microcosmos)....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AUGUSTINShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUGUSTINS

    excepting their Cope, which is black.—At Paris they are known under the Denomination of, Religious of Genevieve; that Abbey being the Chief of the Order. See GENEVIEVE. There are also Augustines, or Nuns, who observe the Rule of St. Augustin. See...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ADVANCE-Fossehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADVANCE-Fosse

    or Ditch, is a ditch of water around the Esplanade, or Glacis of a place; to prevent it from being surprised by the besiegers. See FOSSE and GLACIS. ADVANCE-Fosse

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ANTHROPOPHAGIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTHROPOPHAGI

    is compounded of the Greek ἄνθρωπος, Man, and φαγεῖν, Edo, I eat. The primitive Christians were accused by the Heathens of being Anthropophagi; as appears from Tatian, Tertullian in his Apologetics, Cap. VII, and Salvian de Provid., Lib. IV. They...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AGONYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGONY

    the evil that oppresses her. See PAIN, DISEASE, and DEATH. The Word is form’d from the Greek term, Certamen, Combat; this being a kind of Strife between Life and Death. AGONY

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
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