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  • ALLOYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/commerce/ALLOY

    or Allay, in Matters of Coinage, etc., a Proportion of a baser Metal, mingled with a finer, or purer. See METAL, MIXTURE, etc. Such is the Quantity of Copper mingled with Gold, in the Coining of Species of that Metal. See GOLD, MONEY, etc. The Intention...

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

  • ANCOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANCO

    or Ancon, the Tip of the Elbow; or the backward and larger Process of the Cubitus. See CUBITUS. The Ancon is the same with what the Greeks call Ὠλέκρανον. See OLECRANON. And hence, Anconaeus Muscle, in Anatomy, the sixth Muscle of the Elbow; so called,...

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

  • ARMORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMOR

    ARMOR, or Armour, a defensive habit, wherewith to cover and secure the Body from the attacks of an enemy. See ARMS. Such are the Buckler, Cuirass, Helmet, Coat of Mail, Gauntlet, etc. See BUCKLER, CUIRASS, HELMET, etc. A complete Armor anciently...

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

  • AVANThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVANT

    a French Preposition, signifying before, or a priority either in respect of Time or Place; sometimes used, in Composition, in our Language, but more usually contracted, and wrote Vaunt, or Vant, or even Van. See VAN. Van Corps. See VAN FOSSE. Van Guard,...

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

  • ACCESShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCESS

    ACCESS, literally signifies easiness of approach, or entrance. See ACCESSIBLE. Such a person has access to the prince: a man of easy access: the access on that side was very difficult, by reason of rocks, etc. The word is of Latin origin, Accessus, or...

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

  • ADYTUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ADYTUM

    Adytum, a secret or retired Place in the Pagan Temple where Oracles were given, and into which none but the Priests were admitted. See TEMPLE, ORACLE, etc. AE, or A, a Diphthong, or double Vowel, borrowed from the Greeks and Latins. See DIPHTHONG....

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

  • ALBUGOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALBUGO

    or Album Oculi, the same with albuginea, or white of the eye. See EYE, ALBUGINEA, &c. Albugo is also a disease of the eye; otherwise called leukoma, and popularly, pearl and web. See LEUKOMA, and PEARL. The albugo is a whitish speck or film, growing,...

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

  • APATHYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APATHY

    a moral Insensibility; or a Privation of all Passion, all Motion, or Perturbation of Mind. See PASSION. The Stoics affected an entire Apathy: their wise Man was to enjoy a perfect Calmness or Tranquility of Mind, incapable of being ruffled, and above...

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

  • ARRESThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARREST

    in common Law,an Execution of the Command of some Court, or Officer of Justice—Hence, when a Person is legally stopped, apprehended, and restrained of his Liberty, for Debt, etc. he is said to be arrested, or put under an Arrest; which is the beginning...

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

  • AVENUEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/fortification/AVENUE

    in Fortification, an Opening or Inlet into a Fort, Bastion, or the like Place. See FORT, BASTION, FORTIFICATION, etc. The Word is form’d of the French Avenir, or Advenir, to come to, to arrive at. See ADVENT. AVENUE, in Gardening, is a Walk, planted on...

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

  • ACIDITYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACIDITY

    ACIDITY, Aciditas, Acor, the Quality which constitutes or denominates a Body Acid, or that Sensation of Sharpness and Acrimony which Acids excite upon the Taste.See ACM, QUALITY, TASTE, etc. A little Vitriol leaves an agreeable Acidity in Water.Vinegar...

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

  • ACONITEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACONITE

    give the name Aconite to several plants of different kinds. One species they called Lycoctonum, Austerit, Wolfsbane, or Kupokthon, Dogsbane, from its effects. Of this, they had likewise their divisions; as the Napellus, thus called a Napo, because its...

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

  • ADDRESShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADDRESS

    or Appress, a discourse presented to the King, in the name of a considerable body of his people;to express or notify their sentiments of joy, satisfaction, or the like, on some extraordinary occasion. Thus, we say, the Lords Address, the Commons...

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

  • ALCOHOLhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALCOHOL

    or rather Alkool, in Chemistry, an Arabic Term, chiefly understood of the purest Spirit of Wine, raised or rectified by repeated Distillations to its utmost Subtility, and Perfection; so that if Fire be set thereto, it burns wholly away, without leaving...

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

  • ARREARShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARREARS

    or Arrearages,the Remains of an Account; or a Sum of Money remaining in the Hands of an Accountant. See ACCOUNT and ACCOUNTANT. The Word is also used more generally for a Remainder of Rents, or Monies unpaid at the due Time; whether they be Rents of a...

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

  • ARRIEREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARRIERE

    See REAR-GUARD. Arriere Vassal, or Tenant, the vassal or tenant of another vassal or tenant. See VASSAL, TENANT, etc. see also ARRIERE-FEE. ARRONDIE, in Heraldry, a Cross-Arrondie, or rounded, is that whose arms are composed of sections of a circle, not...

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

  • AMBAGEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMBAGES

    a Latin Term for a Circumlocution; or, an indirect Discourse or Diction, tending to express or show something by a Compass of Words or Sentiments fetched from afar. See CIRCUMLOCUTION. AMBAGES

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

  • CHEVAGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CHEVAGE

    or CHIEFAGE, according to Bracton, signifies a Tribute by the Head; or a kind of Poll-Money antiently paid by such as held Lands in Villanage, or otherwise, to their Lords, in acknowledgment. See POLL. The Word seems also to have been us'd for a Sum of...

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

  • ANNUITYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNUITY

    a yearly Rent or Revenue, paid for Term of Life or of Years, or in Fee and for ever. See 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...

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

  • ALTERANThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ALTERANT

    or Alterative, in Medicine, a Property, or Power in certain Remedies, whereby they induce an Alteration in the Body, and dispose it for Health or Recovery, by correcting some Indisposition; without occasioning any sensible Evacuation. See MEDICINE....

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