Cyclopædia
Assuming leg is required, the following 21 results were found.
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ANGLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ANGLE
ABC, (Tab. Geometry, Fig. 91.) formed by the Lines AB, and AC, meeting in the Point A—The Lines AB and AC, are called the Legs of the Angle; and the Point of Intersection, the Vertex. See LEG and VERTEX. Angles are sometimes denoted by a single Letter...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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LEGShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/LEGS
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ARCHDUKEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHDUKE
Duke Friedrich IV first assumed the quality; Others, that it was given bythe Emperor Maximilian I, in 1459; and ample privileges annexed to it. The principal thereof are, that the archduke shall distribute justice in his own dominions, withoutappeal;...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AMBLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/manage/AMBLE
Ambling, in Horsemanship, a peculiar kind of Pace, wherein a Horse’s two Legs of the same Side, move at the same time. See PACE. The ambling Horse changes Sides at each remove; two Legs of a side being in the Air, and two, on the ground, at the same...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AIDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AID
the motion or action required of the horse; by a discrete use of the bridle, cavesson, spur, poisson, rod, calf of the leg, and voice. See BRIDLE.Such a horse knows his aids, answers his aids, takes his aids with vigor, etc. The aids are made use of, to...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ANGLE IN A SEMICIRCLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGLE%20IN%20A%20SEMICIRCLE
a Circle; and therefore is a right angle. Angle at the Centre, is an angle whose Vertex is in the Centre of a Circle, and its Legs terminated in the Periphery thereof—Such is the Angle CAB. See CENTRE. The Angle at the Centre is comprehended between two...
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ASTRAGALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ASTRAGAL
ASTRAGALUS, in Anatomy, a Bone of the Heel, having a convex Head, articulated with the two Facils of the Leg, by Ginglymus. See LEG and FOOT. The Astragalus called Talus, and Os Calcis, is the first Bone of the Tarsus. See TALUS and TARSUS. Some also...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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ARMShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMS
and other affairs of arms, with the cognizance of offences committed therein, belong, among us, to the Earl Marshal, and College of Arms. See MARSHAL and COLLEGE OF ARMS. Arms, in falconry, are the legs of a hawk, from the thigh to the foot. See HAWK...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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DAMPShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/DAMPS
as big as one's Arm, inslamed and red as Blood • an d what was most extraordinary, all the Muscles of his Arms, Thighs and Legs, torn and separated from their Parts. The Magistrate, at length, taking Cognizance of the Case, and the Physicians, being...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AMAZONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AMAZON
the Nutriment, which would otherwise have gone to that. Some Authors relate, that instead of killing, they twisted the Legs of their Male Children; to prevent their being able to contend with them for the Mastery. M. Petit, a French Physician, published...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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AT THE PERIPHERY, is an Angle whose Vertex and Legs do all terminate in the Periphery of a Circle.—Such is the Angle EFG, fig. 95. See PERIPHERY.
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARMORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMOR
Armor anciently consisted of a Casque or Helm, a Gorget, Cuirass, Gauntlets, Tassets, Brassets, Cuisses, and Covers for the Legs, to which the Spurs were fastened.—This they called Armour Cap-a-pie; and was the wear of the Cavaliers, and Men at Arms....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ÆGIPANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ÆGIPAN
given to Pan, and the Pans. See PANS. The Word is compounded of aix, aigos, Goat; as being represented with the Horns, Legs, Feet, etc. of that Animal. The Ancients also gave the Name Aegipan to a sort of Monsters mentioned by Pliny, Solinus, and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AEGIPANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AEGIPAN
given to Pan, and the Pans. See Pans. The Word is compounded of aix, aigos, Goat; as being represented with the Horns, Legs, Feet, etc. of that Animal. The Ancients also gave the Name Aegipan to a sort of Monsters mentioned by Pliny, Solinus, and...
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ANASARCAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ANASARCA
whole Substance of the Body is swollen or bloated with watery Humours. See DROPSY. The Anasarca is otherwise called Leucophlegmatia. See LEUCOPHLEGMATIA. The Word is formed from the Greek ἀνάσαρκος (anasarkos, swollen). In an Anasarca, the Legs swell at...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AMBIGENAL Hyperbolahttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMBIGENAL%20Hyperbola
Hyperbola, in Geometry is that which has one of its infinite Legs inscribed, and the other circumscribed. See HYPERBOLA, and CURVE. AMBIGENAL Hyperbola
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANGLE IN THE SEGMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGLE%20IN%20THE%20SEGMENT
is the Difference between half the Concave Arch LM, whereon it stands, and half the Convex Arch NO, intercepted between its Legs. ANGLE IN THE SEGMENT
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARM
Knight. See KNIGHT. Arma deponere, to lay down Arms, was a Punishment anciently enjoined when a Man had committed an Offence. Leg. Hen. I. Arma Molita, were sharp Weapons; Fiera calls them Arma Emolita. Arma Mutare, q.d. to change Arms, was a Ceremony...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AXIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AXIS
of a semicircle about its diameter or axis, and a right cone by that of a right angle triangle about its perpendicular leg, which is here its axis. Axis of a Circle or Sphere, is a line passing through the centre of a circle or sphere, and terminating...
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AMPUTATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AMPUTATION
frequently had to Amputation. See MORTIFICATION, GANGRENE, SPHACELUS, etc. The Method of performing it, in the Instance of a Leg, is as follows—The proper Part for the Operation being four or five Inches below the Knee; the Skin and Flesh are first to...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy