Cyclopædia
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ANNULEThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNULET
little Ring; in Heraldry, is a Difference or Mark of Distinction, which the fifth Brother of any Family ought to bear in his Coat of Arms. See DIFFERENCE. Annulets are also part of the Coat-Armour of several Families: They were anciently reputed a Mark...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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AMETHYSThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/AMETHYST
in Heraldry, signifies the purple Colour, in the Coat of a Nobleman; which in Gentlemen's Escutcheons below that degree, is called Purpure; and in those of sovereign Princes, Mercury. See PURPURE, and PURPURE. AMETHYST
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Heraldry
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SIEVEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/SIEVE
Hair, Line, Wire, or even thin Slices of Wood. The Sieves which have large Holes, are usually called Riddles ; such is the Coat or Lime Sieve, Garden Sieve, &c. When Drugs, apt to evaporate, are to be passed thro' the Sieve, 'tis usual to have it...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chymistry
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ALLANTOIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ALLANTOIS
Allantois, in Anatomy, a third Coat or Membrane of a Foetus, investing part thereof, in the manner of a Scarf, or Collar, extending from the Cartilago Xiphoides, to the bottom of the Hips. See FOETUS.The Allantois makes part of the Secundine.—It is...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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ALBUGINEAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ALBUGINEA
in Anatomy, the outermost coat or tegument of the eye; also called the tunica albuginea, conjunctiva, &c. See SCLERA, CONJUNCTIVA, &c. It takes the name albuginea, from its whiteness; being this that forms what we call the white of the eye. See EYE. The...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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ASSUMPTIVE Armshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/ASSUMPTIVE%20Arms
a Man has a right to assume of himself, in virtue of some Action. See ARMS. As, if a Man who is no Gentleman of Blood, nor Coat Armour, takes a Gentleman, Lord, or Prince, Prisoner in any lawful War; he becomes entitled to bear the Shield of such...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Heraldry
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AMPHIBLESTROIDEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AMPHIBLESTROIDES
in Anatomy, a Tunic, or Coat of the Eye, more usually called Retina. See RETINA. The Word is Greek, amphiblestroides, from amphiblestron, Rete, Net; compounded of amphi, circum, around, blestron, I cast; and eidos, Form; by reason of its Net-like...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy