Cyclopædia
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ALNAGERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALNAGER
Ell; signifies a sworn public Officer, who, by himself or Deputy, is to look to the Assize of woollen Cloth made through the Land, i.e., the Length, Width, and Quality thereof; and to the Seals for that purpose ordained.See ALNAGE, CLOTH, etc. There are...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ESTUARYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ESTUARY
Æstuarium, in Geography, an Arm of the Sea; running up a good way into the Land. See SEA.Such is Bristol Channel, many of the Firths of Scotland, etc.Estuary, is sometimes also used in Pharmacy, for a Vapour-Bath, Balneum Vaporosum, See VAPOUR, and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geography
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ANNUITYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNUITY
REVENUE, FEE, etc. In Common Law, the Difference between a Rent and an Annuity consists in this, that Rent is payable out of Land; whereas an Annuity charges only the Person of the Grantor. See RENT, WRIT, ACTION, etc. Add, that annuities are never...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARMAMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMAMENT
a large Body of Forces, raised and provided with the Furniture of War, either for Land or Sea Service. See ARMY. ARMAMENT
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AMPHIBIOUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AMPHIBIOUS
in Natural History, a Term applied to a sort of Animals which live both on Land, and in the Water; that is, which breathe the Air, but pass part of their Time in the Water, as affording 'em their chief Food. See ANIMAL. Such are the Frog, Castor, Otter,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Natural History
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AGER Terréhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AGER%20Terré
Terré, in ancient writings, means an acre of land. See ACRE. AGER Terré
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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CHERSONESUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/CHERSONESUS
CHERSONESUS, in Geography, a Peninsula; or a Continent almost incompass'd round with the Sea, only joining to the main Land by a narrow Neck, or Isthmus. See PENINSULA. This Term is us'd by the Moderns, in Complaisance to the Antients, who call'd all...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geography
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APPROPRIATEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPROPRIATE
so that the Parson receives the Tithes. See CHURCH, BENEFICE, PATRONAGE, PARSON, and TITHE. There are computed in England 3845 Churches Appropriate and Impropriate. See APPROPRIATION, IMPROPRIATION, etc. Appropriate ad Honores, in Law, signifies to...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified